Vocabulary
Meagre
English and Urdu gloss, synonyms and antonyms, and example usage from our editorial sentence cache where available.
English meaning
(of something provided or available) lacking in quantity or quality.
Urdu meaning
معمولی، چھوٹا، لاغر، قلیل
Example sentences (from Dawn)
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- Karachi, being the largest collector of OZT, was the worst affected, receiving meagre amounts totalling less than Rs200bn from 2010-11 to 2024-25, against its due share of Rs1,236.7bn.
- Pakistan cannot afford to spend its meagre resources repeatedly rebuilding what could have been protected in the first place.
- It seems the government finally realised that it may be adding insult to the salaried class`s injuries by taking away part of the admittedly meagre relief it had budgeted for them and giving it to the civil servants instead.
- This is a grave injustice as making ends meet on a meagre salary/income of Rs50,000 per month is near impossible.
- The two countries` already meagre progress towards the SDGs would suffer immense setbacks, pushing millions deeper into poverty through e conomic contraction, inflation and job losses.
Synonyms
inadequate, scanty, scant, paltry, limited, restricted, modest, insufficient, sparse, spare
Curator example
“they were forced to supplement their meagre earnings”
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