as in sparse
less plentiful than what is normal, necessary, or desirable
computer equipment that would be prohibitively expensive, given the rural school's exiguous resources
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Recent Examples of exiguous
And because those games can be exiguous, mid-major teams can ill afford to squander those opportunities when presented.
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Michael Arinze,
Chicago Tribune,
28 Mar. 2023
The holiday sales came as a jolt after China’s exiguous ticket sales of recent weeks.
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Patrick Brzeski,
The Hollywood Reporter,
2 Oct. 2022
Michael Arinze,
Chicago Tribune,
28 Mar. 2023
The holiday sales came as a jolt after China’s exiguous ticket sales of recent weeks.
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Patrick Brzeski,
The Hollywood Reporter,
2 Oct. 2022
Recent Examples of Synonyms for exiguous
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Already, reports of sparse crowds have marred the Freedom 250’s Great American State Fair on the National Mall, the Daily Beast said.
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In North Platte, Nebraska, vegetation is much sparser with drier soils.
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Rats are burrowing into aid parcels, forcing people to throw away scarce rice or flour supplies.
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Managing scarcity through digital modeling While deuterium is highly abundant and easily extracted from standard seawater, tritium is exceedingly scarce in nature.
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“Exiguous.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/exiguous. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.
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