skimpy
/ˈskɪmpi/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.76 in modern English
17
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Small or inadequate; not generous; diminutive.
adj
Wearing skimpy clothing; scantily clad.
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."
Etymology
From skimp + -y.
Usage
Inflected Forms
Derived Forms
Phrases
skimpy work