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How to pronounce skimpy in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms scanty
Type Words
Synonyms lean


a skimpy allowance.

Examples of skimpy

skimpy
The Greek salad, on the other hand, is alarmingly skimpy given its $7 price tag.
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His material was skimpy enough for him to write the Knopf people into his story.
From the nytimes.com
Skimpy endowments and reluctant donors used to be the rule for European schools.
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We had dancing girls in skimpy costumes at our season launch at the Opera House.
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That's because he would spend most of the evening in shorts and a skimpy shirt.
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Cooper is tongue-in-cheek about Congo excesses but sometimes skimpy on context.
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Surrounded by women in skimpy bikinis, he's seen in a pool while smoking a cigar.
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Costumes included a big banana, a Hooters outfit, skimpy dresses and prison garb.
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The one I got as a rental in Madison, WI was bottom of the barrel skimpy spartan.
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More examples
  • Lean: containing little excess; "a lean budget"; "a skimpy allowance"
  • (skimpily) in a skimpy manner; "a skimpily dressed woman"
  • Small or inadequate; not generous, or of a garment, very small, light, or revealing
  • A really small piece of dope, compared to the price you paid for it.