meagerness

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for meagerness
Noun
  • But the paucity of high-level talent across those 12 programs reflects the second-rate state of college basketball in the West.
    Jon Wilner, Mercury News, 28 June 2025
  • So buy the best example available, because needy cars are challenged by a paucity of plentiful parts.
    Robert Ross, Robb Report, 13 June 2025
Noun
  • Symptoms of severe protein deficiency can show up in the skin as well.
    Victoria Moorhouse, Allure, 30 July 2025
  • For me, my deficiencies showed up in my body as fatigue.
    Conçetta Ciarlo, Vogue, 26 July 2025
Noun
  • However, the roadblock facing CIOs is the inadequacy of their networks being capable of supporting future technological initiatives or ready to overcome current external challenges.
    Sander Barens, Forbes.com, 30 July 2025
  • The early Afrikaner victories not only showed the inadequacies of the British Army but were generally welcomed around the world.
    MARGARET MACMILLAN, Foreign Affairs, 21 July 2025
Noun
  • There will be three companies that will either stand on their own or be bought by private equity, although the scarcity in aerospace company coupled with a pro-merger Federal Trade Commission will probably make that company a takeover target almost immediately.
    Jim Cramer, CNBC, 27 July 2025
  • Consumed as a necessity in times of scarcity, it’s now traditionally eaten at the midwinter festival in February.
    New York Times, New York Times, 24 July 2025
Noun
  • Chronic venous insufficiency occurs when the valves in your leg veins don't work properly.
    Scott Sundick, Health, 24 July 2025
  • Ultrasound exams of the leg veins can help confirm chronic venous insufficiency.
    Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 18 July 2025
Noun
  • Jane comes from a background of poverty and has stayed in their hometown for the past 20 years, devoting herself to caregiving.
    Julie Hinds, Freep.com, 25 July 2025
  • And according to Justice in Aging, Social Security lifts more than 22 million people out of poverty, including over 16 million older adults and almost 1 million children.
    Suzanne Blake, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 July 2025
Noun
  • Virtua's workforce development director works to identify roles with high turnover or shortages.
    Alexis Kayser, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 July 2025
  • The reasons for the rapid decline in these industries include the shortage of younger generations that are willing to take over the labor-intensive family businesses and the increasing market competition against non-traditional food products.
    Akiko Katayama, Forbes.com, 31 July 2025
Noun
  • Everything from the lack of marketing, inadequate pre-match warm-up conditions, pitch quality, and the absence of Video Assistant Referees (VAR) during the group stage has been condemned by players, managers and fans.
    Julia Andersen, CNN Money, 30 July 2025
  • In the absence of guidance from the TEA, Central Texas districts in recent weeks have issued their own rules for how their staff members should interact with federal officers.
    Keri Heath, Austin American Statesman, 30 July 2025
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“Meagerness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/meagerness. Accessed 6 Aug. 2025.

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