From the Latin for "lean", it means deficient or barely adequate
[DOC] [TLE] What is meager - Sesli Szlk [PAR] Definition of meager in English Turkish dictionary ... Poor, deficient or inferior in 
amount, quality or extent; paltry; scanty; inadequate; ... or quality or extent; "
meager resources"; "meager fare" barely adequate; "a meager allowance ... {s} 
scant, poor, little, insufficient, lacking in amount of quantity; scrawny, lean (also 
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