adjective (skimpier, skimpiest)
1 (of clothes) very small and not covering much of your body:
a skimpy dress
2 (disapproving) not large enough in amount or size:
a skimpy meal * They provided only skimpy details.
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Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
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