meager
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Meager rations were provided, and all but the sickest were expected to toil at menial jobs to generate revenue, either on the premises or at factories.
From New York Times • Dec. 23, 2021
Meager funding of healthcare, at just 1.6% of India’s GDP, is less, proportionately, than what Laos or Ethiopia spends.
From Seattle Times • Jul. 25, 2021
That view wasn't shared by Lizzie Meager, who said Mr Biden's Westbourne connection was news to her.
From BBC • Jun. 11, 2021
Meager pay by Western standards, it was several times more than state salaries for doctors working inside Cuba — and his primary motivation, he said, for accepting the assignments.
From Washington Post • Apr. 10, 2020
Mr. Meager had left the house on the morning of the arrest, having arranged that little matter of the five-pound note by a compromise.
From Phineas Redux by Trollope, Anthony
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