3
jimp(adjective, poor, small, boring, exiguous)
3
lenten(adjective, poor, small, boring, exiguous)
3
light(adjective, soft, slight, gentle, thin)
3
little in amount(adjective, poor, small, boring, exiguous)
3
minimum(adjective, slight, small, miserable, inadequate)
3
not liberal(adjective, poor, small, boring, exiguous)
3
not much(expression, adjective, weak, soft, gentle)
3
not profuse(adjective, poor, small, boring, exiguous)
3
not well supplied(adjective, poor, small, boring, exiguous)
3
penurious(adjective, poor, small, boring, exiguous)
3
premium
3
scrappy(adjective, poor, small, boring, exiguous)
3
seldom met with(expression, adjective, idiom, inadequate, insufficient)
3
severe
3
stark(adjective, mean, simple, thin, basic)
3
starveling(adjective, poor, small, boring, exiguous)
3
straggly
3
trifling(adjective, weak, soft, reasonable, slight)
2
at a premium(expression, adjective, idiom, inadequate, insufficient)
2
austere(simple, basic, stark)
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