Hand-to-mouth
Hand-to-mouth adjective - Providing only bare essentials.
Usage example: a hand-to-mouth existence
Scrimpy and hand-to-mouth are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Scrimpy" instead an adjective phrase "Hand-to-mouth".
Scrimpy
Scrimpy adjective - Deficient in amount or quality or extent.
Hand-to-mouth and scrimpy are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Hand-to-mouth" instead an adjective "Scrimpy".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- bare and hand-to-mouth
- bare and scrimpy
- poor and hand-to-mouth
- poor and scrimpy
- inadequate and hand-to-mouth
- inadequate and scrimpy
- spare and hand-to-mouth
- spare and scrimpy
- scanty and hand-to-mouth
- scanty and scrimpy
- insufficient and hand-to-mouth
- insufficient and scrimpy
- deficient and hand-to-mouth
- deficient and scrimpy
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