skimpy

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skimp·y /ˈskɪmpi/ adjectiveadj

1. SHORT/NOT LONGa skimpy dress or skirt etc is very short and does not cover very much of a woman’s body 〔衣、裙等〕太短[小]的，暴露的

2 ENOUGHnot enough of something 不足的，不够的

a skimpy meal

不够吃的一顿饭

Examples from the Corpus

skimpy• Beware of one-line paragraphs, which seem skimpy.• School towels, she thought, were skimpy beyond belief.• However, at the time I started the research that led to this book, the present-day literature was skimpy indeed.• Others are skimpy lists of links or legislator photo opportunities.• She leapt into the front seat in a skimpy white sundress, glad to escape the house.

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