1. the quality or state of being meager; scarcity or insufficiency in amount or quality
2. the quality of being thin or lean in appearance; lack of flesh or substance

Examples

• The meagreness of the meal left everyone still hungry.
• The report criticized the meagreness of the budget allocation for education.
• Despite the meagreness of her resources, she managed to complete the project.
• The meagreness of his frame suggested he had been ill for some time.
• The meagreness of information available made it difficult to reach a conclusion.
• They survived on the meagreness of what the land could provide.