5
minor(adjective, small)
5
minute(adjective, slight, small, short, trivial)
5
scrawny(adjective, mean, thin, small, insubstantial)
4
austere(adjective, hard, severe, cold, unadorned)
4
beggarly(adjective, small, miserable, meager, paltry)
4
close(light, fine, thin, tight, slim)
4
cramped(slight, fine, thin, limited, insufficient)
4
diminutive(adjective, small, smallness)
4
fine(thin, slim, restricted, smallness, confined)
4
incomplete(poor, short, inadequate, insufficient, deficient)
4
infertile(adjective, poor, small, insignificant, unimportant)
4
insubstantial(adjective, mean, slight, flat, poor)
4
minimum(adjective, slight, inadequate, limited, insufficient)
4
moderate
4
neglect(verb, disregard, leave, abandon, ignore)
4
penurious(adjective, poor, small, boring, exiguous)
4
restricted(adjective, light, fine, thin, tight)
4
scamp(slight, save, withhold, stint)
4
scattered
4
shabby(adjective, slight, poor, small, miserable)
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