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Princeton's WordNet

  1. meagerness, meagreness, leanness, poorness, scantiness, scantness, exiguitynoun

    the quality of being meager

    "an exiguity of cloth that would only allow of miniature capes"-George Eliot

Wiktionary

  1. meagernessnoun

    The state of being meager.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Meagernessnoun

    Etymology: from meager.

    Poynings, the better to make compensation of the meagerness of his service in the wars by acts of peace, called a parliament. Francis Bacon, Henry VII.

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  1. meagerness

    Meagerness refers to the state or quality of being insufficient, inadequate, scanty, or sparse in quantity, amount or degree. It may also refer to a lack of richness, productivity or effectiveness. In context, it could also mean the lack of substance or vegetation. It can apply to various contexts including food, resources, information, etc.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Meagernessnoun

    alt. of Meagreness

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of meagerness in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of meagerness in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7


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