exiguous

IPA/eɡˈzɪɡjuəs/
IPA/eɡˈzɪɡjuəs/

exiguous — adjective

  • exiguouspositive
  • more exiguouscomparative
  • most exiguoussuperlative

1. so small in quantity or size that there is barely enough to serve a purpose — fo

1.形容詞C2
釋義

so small in quantity or size that there is barely enough to serve a purpose — for example, an exiguous meal that leaves you still hungry, or an exiguous salary that just covers the rent and nothing more.

例句

Thiago's exiguous income as a part-time cleaner could not feed his three children.

collocation: exiguous income; register: formal

Fatima wrote her school report with an exiguous supply of paper and one pencil.

collocation: exiguous supply of [noun]

同義詞
  • meager

    more common in everyday speech; suggests a disappointing insufficiency

  • scant

    emphasizes barely meeting a minimum requirement

  • paltry

    adds a tone of contempt for how little there is

  • negligible

    focuses on something being so small it can be ignored

反義詞

用法筆記

This is a very formal, literary word. In everyday English, speakers tend to use 'tiny', 'meager', or 'scant' instead.