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SCRIMPY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does scrimpy mean? 

SCRIMPY (adjective)
  The adjective SCRIMPY has 1 sense:

1. deficient in amount or quality or extentplay

  Familiarity information: SCRIMPY used as an adjective is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


SCRIMPY (adjective)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Deficient in amount or quality or extent

Synonyms:

meager; meagerly; meagre; scrimpy; stingy

Context example:

meager fare

Similar:

bare; scanty; spare (lacking in magnitude or quantity)

exiguous (extremely scanty)

hand-to-mouth (providing only bare essentials)

hardscrabble (barely satisfying a lower standard)

measly; miserable; paltry (contemptibly small in amount)

Also:

scarce (deficient in quantity or number compared with the demand)

minimal; minimum (the least possible)

deficient; insufficient (of a quantity not able to fulfill a need or requirement)

Attribute:

adequacy; sufficiency (the quality of being sufficient for the end in view)


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