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adjective
- 1. (of clothes) short and revealing: "a skimpy dress" Similar Opposite
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The meaning of SKIMPY is deficient in supply or execution especially through skimping : scanty. How to use skimpy in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Skimpy.
not enough or not large enough: skimpy knowledge.
Skimpy definition: lacking in size, fullness, etc.; scanty. See examples of SKIMPY used in a sentence.
1. Inadequate, as in size or fullness, especially through economizing or stinting: a skimpy meal. 2. Not covering a considerable amount of the body: a skimpy bathing suit. skimp′i·ly adv. skimp′i·ness n. American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
When something is skimpy, there's not quite enough of it. A skimpy lunch won't fill you up, and a skimpy sweater won't cover you up. The adjective skimpy is good for describing meager or inadequate things, like a skimpy amount of firewood that only burns for an hour, or a skimpy serving of ice cream.
Something that is skimpy is too small in size or quantity. ...skimpy underwear. They suffered long hours, unsafe working conditions and skimpy pay. Synonyms: inadequate, insufficient, scant, meagre More Synonyms of skimpy. Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s Dictionary.
Skimpy definition: Inadequate, as in size or fullness, especially through economizing or stinting.
Definition of skimpy adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
SKIMPY meaning: Skimpy clothes show a lot of your body: . Learn more.
Some common synonyms of skimpy are meager, scanty, scant, spare, and sparse. While all these words mean "falling short of what is normal, necessary, or desirable," skimpy usually suggests niggardliness or penury as the cause of the deficiency.
