measly
ˈmizli-
(adj)
measly
contemptibly small in amount "a measly tip","the company donated a miserable $100 for flood relief","a paltry wage","almost depleted his miserable store of dried beans"
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measly
(Zoöl) Containing larval tapeworms; -- said of pork and beef. -
measly
Contemptibly small in quantity; meager; absurdly insufficient or bad; as, a measly few dollars for all that work. -
measly
Infected with measles.
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measly
Infected with measles or the measle, as an animal or its flesh, especially pork. -
measly
Good-for-nothing; miserable; wretched; contemptible.
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Measly
(adj.) infected with measles: good for nothing, miserable
Five measly points may not seem like a lot to you…but it's the idea behind it that should you make you recoil with disgust. nj1015.com
Couch potatoes know how difficult it is to pick just one or two programs to follow all season with the measly two-tuner DVR from their cable supplier. electronichouse.com
Americans don't use measly vacation time. kesq.com
How A $250 Billion Allegation Turned Into A Measly $340 Million Settlement. forbes.com
Kris Jenner on Kim Kardashian's Divorce: "What's a Measly Little 72 Days.". usmagazine.com
All the guts, and a lot less glory, but for one measly win. cleveland.com
A measly drizzle of rain falls. marcoislandflorida.com
Tired of your measly 5GB per month on Verizon and AT&T. pcmag.com
Perry's film brought in $11 million, while Berry's celebrity studded SciFi flick took in a measly $9.4 million. blackenterprise.com
Let's take a page from those Tennessee firemen we heard about a few times last year – the ones who stood idly by as houses burned to the ground because their owners had refused to pay a measly $75 fee. forbes.com
Forget that measly 6-inch touchpanel. electronichouse.com
It's Not Easy Making Do With a Measly Million. nytimes.com
When Reyes was 21, he played just 53 big-league games and posted a measly.271 on-base percentage. nj.com
Five were fair-caught inside the Eagles' 10-yard line - not to mention another one against Baltimore that Johnson nabbed at the 3-yard line and mustered 3 measly yards. philly.com
Humans, but only by a few measly seconds. theatlantic.com
Channel 10 is especially notable: here Planck should be able to produce a catalog with around 40,000 sources, undoubtedly useful in its own right, as compared to a measly 300 without filtering.
Removing point sources from CMB maps
Whereas two identical data sets only give a measly factor of √2 improvement in error bars when combined, the gain factor was found to exceed 10 in this case.
Cosmic complementarity: combining CMB and supernova observations
They'll take your youth, all your strength and energy, and give you a measly living in exchange. "At the Sign of the Jack O'Lantern" by
You handed me a measly thousand. "'Firebrand' Trevison" by
I remembered taking his measly solitaire pack out of his pocket at the Halfway, and wished I had brought them along with me. "The La Chance Mine Mystery" by
What's our measly salary compared with what they get? "Baseball Joe Around the World" by
Get every measly thing he can think of. "The Ranch at the Wolverine" by
Measly pork has little kernels in the fat, and is unhealthy and dangerous food. "Twenty-Five Cent Dinners for Families of Six" by
Thirty years have I fought for country and king, and now in my blind old age I'm to be sent packing from a measly public-'ouse? "The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson, Volume XV" by
I'll bet they give you a measly fifty to-morrow, Evan. "A Canadian Bankclerk" by
I hope there hain't no more measly hounds around. "Si Klegg, Book 4 (of 6) Experiences Of Si And Shorty On The Great Tullahoma Campaign" by
Why such a measly little bunch? "A Yankee Flier with the R.A.F." by