scrimpy
/'skrimpi/
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The family's scrimpy dinner consisted of a single potato and a small piece of bread.
Definition
- Adjective:
- Insufficient or meager in amount, quantity, or extent: Describes something that is provided in a notably small, inadequate, or stingy measure.
- Stingy or niggardly in providing: Characterizes a person or action that is unwilling to give or use enough of something.
Examples of Usage
- Adjective:
- The company offered only a scrimpy bonus this year, disappointing the employees.
- Her scrimpy portions of food left the guests still hungry after the dinner party.
- He was scrimpy with his praise, rarely complimenting anyone's work.
Advanced Usage
- "to be scrimpy with": To be stingy or overly sparing in the use or provision of something.
- The landlord was scrimpy with the heat, keeping the building uncomfortably cold.
Variants and Related Words
- Scrimp (verb): To be very economical or sparing; to save money by spending very little.
- They had to scrimp and save to afford the trip.
- Scrimping (noun/gerund): The act of being very economical.
- Years of scrimping finally allowed them to buy a house.
Synonyms
- Meager: Lacking in quantity or quality; inadequate.
- Stingy: Unwilling to give or spend; ungenerous.
- Niggardly: Grudgingly mean about spending or granting.
- Parsimonious: Unwilling to spend money or use resources; stingy.
- Skimpy: Deficient in size or fullness; less than necessary.
Antonyms
- Generous: Showing a readiness to give more of something than is strictly necessary.
- Lavish: Sumptuously rich, elaborate, or luxurious.
- Ample: Enough or more than enough; plentiful.
- Bountiful: Large in quantity; abundant.
Related Phrases/Idioms
- Scrimp and save: To be extremely frugal over a period of time to save money.
- They had to scrimp and save for years to send their children to college.
The family's scrimpy dinner consisted of a single potato and a small piece of bread.
Adjective
- deficient in amount or quality or extent
- meager resources
- meager fare