meager
MEE-geradjMeaning too small in amount or quality; skimpy
Memory hook MEE-GRRR: “Is that all?”. The cat stares at the three tiny crumbs in its bowl and growls, “Me? Grrr! That’s all?” Its dinner is meager.
The hikers shared a meager lunch of two pears and a granola bar.
In context Her first paycheck was meager, barely enough for bus fare and lunches, but she was proud of every dollar she had earned.
Similar scanty, paltry, skimpy, inadequate
Opposite generous, ample, abundant
From Old French maigre, “thin,” from Latin macer, thin.