Exiguous and Sparing

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

Usage example: computer equipment that would be prohibitively expensive, given the rural school's exiguous resources

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Sparing and exiguous are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Sparing" instead an adjective "Exiguous".

Nearby Word: exiguity

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

Usage example: unfortunately, the explanation of the health insurance plan was somewhat sparing on details

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Exiguous and sparing are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Exiguous" instead an adjective "Sparing".

Nearby Words: spare, sparingly, spared, sparring

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