skimpy

If their next pay raise feels skimpy, workers may want to look at their healthcare benefits before shooting a dirty look at their boss.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 1, 2026

Supino noted that Comcast didn’t take questions on its call earlier Monday and released a skimpy presentation on the split.

From Barron's ● Jun. 29, 2026

The bath towel was skimpy but the counters for drying your hair and getting ready were a nice touch.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 6, 2026

But instead of deputies in skimpy running gear flashing the offending tattoos, a different problem plaguing the largest sheriff’s department in the nation became apparent.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 11, 2025

We spent some of our skimpy earnings on thick plastic sheets to keep our home dry, because Arul said the rainy season was approaching.

From "The Bridge Home" by Padma Venkatraman

But their coverage tends to be skimpier and often costlier than policies sold by travel insurers.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 9, 2026

Experts say the legislation, which passed 232-193 Thursday, would provide significant relief for privately insured patients with skimpier plans and for Medicare enrollees facing rising out-of-pocket costs for their insulin.

From Washington Times ● Apr. 1, 2022

By then, the computer runs kept showing that the only way to set taxes at rates as low as they were striving for was to provide skimpier coverage than most insured Vermonters already had.

From Washington Post ● Apr. 29, 2019

Aimee Cohen, a career coach based in Denver, said relocation packages have gotten skimpier and even executives wonder how long a gig will last.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2018

At the fontanelle the pulse beneath the skin throbbed terrifyingly, and the fuzz on his skull was skimpier than pin-feathers on a fledgling.

From Woman by Magdeleine Marx

To say he has honored her story, though that’s true, is the skimpiest possible way to look at the achievement of “Dana H.”

From New York Times ● Oct. 17, 2021

This is but the skimpiest sliver of the plot of “A Great Reckoning.”

From Washington Post ● Aug. 31, 2016

Economics, business, society and culture get only the skimpiest treatment.

From Economist ● Feb. 18, 2016

Even with Bocchiccio picking up the tab, Walcott is one of the skimpiest eaters big-time heavyweight boxing has ever known.

From Time Magazine Archive

The little, lop-sided cake at the church supper, the cheapest pincushion, the skimpiest apron at the bazaar, were always Mrs. Archie's contribution.

From The Song of the Lark by Willa Sibert Cather