| perfunctory(insufficiency, incompleteness) |
| pining(verb, adjective, desiring, hoping) |
| poverty-stricken(adjective, poor, lacking, destitute, broke) |
| rapacious(adjective, avid, greedy, hungry, voracious) |
| rare(adjective, close, light, weak, poor) |
| ravenous(adjective, avid, greedy, hungry, rapacious) |
| requisitioning(verb, requesting) |
| scrimpy(close, light, slight, poor, inadequate) |
| second-rate |
| secondary(adjective, poor, small, insignificant, unimportant) |
| skimp(verb, slight, inadequate, limited, insufficient) |
| slender(close, light, slight, poor, inadequate) |
| small(adjective, light, poor, thin, miserable) |
| soft |
| soliciting(verb, requesting) |
| stingy(adjective, close, light, slight, poor) |
| stupid |
| tight(adjective, poor, small, insignificant, unimportant) |
| too little(expression, idiom, insufficiency) |
| trusting(verb, hoping) |