exiguous
/eɡˈzɪɡjuəs/adjective
उच्चारण एग्ज़िग्युअस
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adjective
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formal
very small in size or amount
अत्यल्प, बहुत थोड़ा
- an exiguous income
- With his exiguous savings, he could barely pay the rent for a month.
- The village survived on an exiguous supply of drinking water.
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- Her exiguous salary hardly covered the cost of food.
- The team made a few exiguous gains before the end of the match.
Synonyms meagre scanty paltry sparse insufficient
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ex·ig·u·ous
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Keep the very-small words together: exiguous (formal), meagre (not enough), scanty (too little: 'scanty rainfall'), paltry (too small to be useful), sparse (thinly spread), negligible (so small it is not important).
बहुत थोड़े के शब्द साथ याद रखिए: exiguous (औपचारिक), meagre (अपर्याप्त), scanty (बहुत कम: 'scanty rainfall'), paltry (उपयोगी होने के लिए बहुत कम), sparse (बिखरा हुआ, विरल), negligible (इतना कम कि महत्वहीन)।