Skimpy

/ˈskɪmpi/ · adjective

Meaning

Small or inadequate; not generous; diminutive..

Definitions by Sense

1. Small or inadequate; not generous; diminutive.
2. (of a garment) Very small, light, or revealing.
3. (of a person) Wearing skimpy clothing; scantily clad.
4. (Australia, Western Australia) A barmaid who wears little clothing.

Example Sentences

They served a pretty skimpy portion of ice cream as the free birthday dessert.

He was of a pallid complexion, hair of a kind of dirty fairness, greyish eyes, and a skimpy, immature moustache under his peaked indeterminate nose.

You was a po' skimpy little boy no mo' than about fo'teen when you lef' home to come No'th; but I knowed you the minute I sot eyes on you.

[T]he driver was delayed there by a skimpy little woman with a thin piping voice practised in the art of defeating escape from it by a ceaseless stream of gabble.

Desert Hearts is one of the high spots in the skimpy history of gay movies — and probably the high spot in the even more barren history of lesbian films.

Food might be a tad skimpy in the portions.

Have you ever seen such a skimpy bikini?

The long, skimpy soutane accentuated the tallness of his stature; he carried his powerful torso thrown forward; […]

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• skimpier
• skimpiest
• skimpies

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