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skimpiness

/skim-pee/US // ˈskɪm pi //UK // (ˈskɪmpɪ) //

吝啬,吝啬症,吝啬鬼,吝啬的人

Related Words

scanty微薄的,稀少的,轻微的,微薄meager微薄的,微薄,微不足道,微不足道的tight紧,紧密,严格,紧张thin薄,单薄,薄薄的,细scant寥寥无几,稀少的,少量的,少量insufficient不够,不足,不充分,不够充分deficient亏损,亏损的,亏欠,欠缺exiguous冗长的,冗长,毗连的,毗连failing失败,失败的,失效,失误miserly吝啬的人,吝啬鬼,吝啬的,吝啬poor穷人,贫穷,可怜的,穷scrimp吝啬,吝啬鬼,缩水,缩减short短期,短期的,短暂的,短暂shy羞涩,羞涩的,害羞,害羞的spare备用的,剩余的,剩余,空闲时间stingy小气,吝啬,悭吝,吝啬鬼wanting想要,想要的,希望,要的niggardly卑鄙的,卑鄙的人,胆小的,胆小的人scrimpy小气,小气的,小气鬼,马虎

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1

    skimp·i·er, skimp·i·est.

    • : lacking in size, fullness, etc.; scanty: a skimpy hem; a skimpy dinner.
    • : too thrifty; stingy: a skimpy housekeeper.

Synonyms & Antonyms

as ininadequacy
Synonyms
dearth匮乏,缺少,贫乏,匮乏的deficiency不足之处,缺陷,缺点,不足failing失败,失败的,失效,失误flaw缺陷,缺点,瑕疵,缺点是imperfection不完善的地方,不完善,不完善之处,不完美incapacity无能力,无行为能力,丧失能力,无能ineffectiveness无效,无效的,无效性,无效率inefficiency低效率,效率低下,无效率,低效ineptitude无能,不称职,笨拙,不称职的人insufficiency不足,不充分,不够用,不充足paucity贫乏,少数,少量,少量的shortcoming缺点,缺陷,短处,短缺weakness弱点,虚弱,弱势,虚弱性blemish玷污,疵点,瑕疵,瑕玷defalcation亏空,虚报,违约,亏损defectiveness缺陷,缺陷性,瑕疵,缺点deficit亏损,亏欠,亏空,赤字drawback缺点,缺陷,弊端,缺点是faultiness过失,错误性,过错,过错性inadequateness不足,不足之处,不足的地方,不够inaptness无能,不足之处,不足,不合时宜incompetence不称职,无能,不胜任,不合格incompetency不称职,无能,不胜任,不合格incompleteness不完整,不完全性,不完整性,不完整度ineffectualness无效,无效性,不有效,无效的inefficacy效率低下,无效,效率不高,无效的lack缺乏,缺少,欠缺,匮乏meagerness渴望,温柔,我的心态,我的心poverty贫困,贫穷,贫困问题,穷困scantiness稀少,匮乏,稀缺性,稀少性unfitness不适合,不合适,不适,不合时宜unsuitableness不适合,不合适,不适宜,不合适的underage未成年,低龄化,未成年人,低龄
as inwant
Synonyms
absence没有,缺席,缺少,不存在dearth匮乏,缺少,贫乏,匮乏的default违约,默认的,违约金,默认defect缺陷,瑕疵,叛逃,叛逃事件deficiency不足之处,缺陷,缺点,不足destitution赤贫,穷困潦倒,穷困,贫穷exigency迫切性,紧迫性,迫切需求,危急情况famine饥荒,饥馑,饥饿,灾情impecuniousness不富裕,无力感,小气,不富裕的人impoverishment贫穷化,贫困化,贫化,穷困潦倒inadequacy不足,不足之处,不足的地方,不够indigence穷困潦倒,穷困,贫穷,贫困insufficiency不足,不充分,不够用,不充足meagerness渴望,温柔,我的心态,我的心neediness需要,需要性,需求,必要性paucity贫乏,少数,少量,少量的pauperism贫穷主义,贫民制,穷困潦倒,穷光蛋penury赤贫,贫穷,暴利,贫穷问题poorness贫穷,贫困,穷困,穷困潦倒poverty贫困,贫穷,贫困问题,穷困privation匮乏,隐私,私有化,匮乏性scantiness稀少,匮乏,稀缺性,稀少性scarcity稀缺性,稀缺,匮乏,稀少shortage缺少,短缺,不足,不足之处exiguousness贪婪,贪心,奢华,贪污

Examples

  • Annette makes a similar promise of emotional richness, but no matter how much of themselves the filmmakers have poured into it, the payoff is skimpy.

  • That also means having smooth and clear bikini areas is paramount for short shorts and skimpy swimsuits.

  • Recent research has shown how our skimpy powder days and warm winter rains carry down the chain into summer and fall and impact water use, drought, and even fire resiliency.

  • During her 2011 tour of Canada, a skimpy yellow frock flew skywards on a Calgary airfield.

  • His minimalist performance was so haunting—and his Oscar track record so skimpy—that I figured he was a lock.

  • Skimpy bralets and short-shorts take the cake in Britney Spears's new music video for her new anthem.

  • Spears works a series of fabulous, skimpy looks in her video.

  • They lean against the fence, hips jutted out, their legs exposed by scanty pink shorts and skimpy dresses.

  • A little trick with skimpy skirts whipped about plump calves crossed on over.

  • There were no pigs about when Sheppy was receiving his somewhat skimpy education, so he doesn't know what to do with Clementine.

  • Their skimpy portions of stew were spooned on magnesium plates.

  • Per contra, I had a skimpy bed and room, and just the necessaries of life as far as nursing was concerned.

  • "But we haven't got a tent, and our grub is pretty skimpy, say what you will," the grumbler went on to protest.

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