5
ungenerous(adjective, meager, stingy, miserly, tightfisted)
4
execrable
4
exiguous(adjective, light, slight, big, small)
4
inadequate(adjective, mean, light, slight, small)
4
peanut(small, short, insignificant, feeble, trivial)
4
pitiable(adjective, sad, unhappy, unpleasant, woe)
4
shabby(adjective, mean, light, slight, lower)
4
spare(adjective, slight, big, inadequate, limited)
4
squalid(adjective, miserable, meager, paltry, scanty)
4
thin(adjective, slight, big, limited, excess)
3
abominable
3
frivolous(adjective, slight, small, insignificant, unimportant)
3
infelicitous(adjective, sad, unhappy, unpleasant, woe)
3
insipid(adjective, unimportant)
3
insufficient(adjective, light, slight, small, miserable)
3
low-down(trivial, ridiculous, worthless, pitiful, laughable)
3
meagerly
3
mingy
3
minor(adjective, mean, light, weak, lower)
3
nugatory(adjective, slight, important, small, trivial)
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