meager

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Oscar, meanwhile, his idealism reawakened, sees an opportunity for an underprivileged kid with raw talent to escape her meager existence.

From Los Angeles Times

His meager purchases in hand, Pinto left the market.

From Los Angeles Times

The meager snowpack could mean the long drought in the Colorado River Basin intensifies again this year, Swain said.

From Los Angeles Times

New jobless claims, meanwhile, totaled a meager 200,000 in mid-January, a remarkably low number that points to the low level of layoffs in the economy.

From MarketWatch

New jobless claims, meanwhile, totaled a meager 200,000 in mid-January, a remarkably low number that points to the low level of layoffs in the economy.

From MarketWatch