Bad and Meager

Bad

Bad adjective - Falling short of a standard.
Usage example: a bad first attempt at making meat loaf resulted in a soggy, inedible mess

Meager and bad are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Meager" instead an adjective "Bad".

Nearby Words: badly, badness

Meager

Meager adjective - Less plentiful than what is normal, necessary, or desirable.

Bad and meager are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Bad" instead an adjective "Meager".

Nearby Word: meagre

Both words in one sentence

  • "Friends" Rent Control She's a divorced mother with a child to support on meager earnings, her apartment is run down and in a bad neighborhood with mentally-unstable neighbors and she's in the process of being evicted.
  • On the bad side, Satellite, where the inhabitants recycle trash for a (meager) living and aren't allowed to leave.
  • Plankton who's had just as bad luck as Squidward in his many meager attempts to find out the secret behind a Krabby Patty.
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