adjective
- extremely small in size or amount; scanty
Usage: formal
Examples
- The scholarship provided only an exiguous amount for living expenses.
- Her exiguous savings barely covered the emergency repair costs.
- The restaurant served exiguous portions despite the high prices.
- The evidence against the defendant was exiguous at best.
- They survived on exiguous rations during the long journey.
- The company’s exiguous profits disappointed investors.
- His exiguous knowledge of the subject was quickly exposed.