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Inconsiderable vs Meagre - What's the difference?

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Inconsiderable is a related term of meagre.


As adjectives the difference between inconsiderable and meagre

is that inconsiderable is too trivial or unimportant to be worthy of attention while meagre is having little flesh; lean; thin.

As a noun meagre is

, an edible fish of the family sciaenidae.

As a verb meagre is

to make lean.

inconsiderable

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Too trivial or unimportant to be worthy of attention.

    • Synonyms

    * negligible * unconsiderable * See also

    meagre

    English

    (wikipedia meagre)

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) maigre.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • , an edible fish of the family Sciaenidae.
  • * 1986 , A. Wysoki?ski, The Living Marine Resources of the Southeast Atlantic , FAO Fisheries Technical Paper 178, page 48,
    • Among more valuable species some of them are worth mentioning, especially littoral forms as: meagres and other croakers (Sciaenidae), grunters (Pomadasyidae), threadfins (Polynemidae), groupers (Serranidae), snappers (Lutjanidae).
  • * 2008 , Arturo Morales-Muñes, Eufrasia Roselló-Izquierdo, 11: Twenty Thousand Years of Fishing in the Strait'', Torben C. Rick, Jon M. Erlandson (editors), ''Human Impacts on Ancient Marine Ecosystems: A Global Perspective , page 261,
    • It is striking that these represent meagres (Argyrosomus regius ), a species never mentioned in classical texts.
  • * 2011 , John S. Lucas, Paul C. Southgate, Aquaculture: Farming Aquatic Animals and Plants , unnumbered page,
    • Meagres (Argyrosomus regius , 230 cm, 103 kg) have been raised mainly in Spain, France and Italy.
    Synonyms
    * (salmon-basse), (shade-fish), (stone basse)
    Hypernyms
    * (fish of family Sciaenidae) croaker, drum, drumfish, hardhead, sciaenid
    Derived terms
    * (brown meagre) ()

    External links

    * (Argyrosomus regius) * (Argyrosomus regius) * (Argyrosomus regius)

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) megre, from (etyl) megre, (etyl) maigre, from (etyl) macer, from (etyl) ..

    Alternative forms

    * meager (US)

    Adjective

    (er)
  • Having little flesh; lean; thin.
    • Nothing will grow in this meagre soil.
    He was given meagre piece of cake that he swallowed in one bite.
  • * 1597 , '', Act 5, Scene 1, 1843, William Shakespeare, Samuel Weller Singer (notes), Charles Symmons (life), ''The Dramatic Works and Poems , Volume 2, page 462,
    • meagre were his looks; / Sharp misery had worn him to the bones:
  • Deficient or inferior in amount, quality or extent; paltry; scanty; inadequate; unsatisfying.
  • * 1871 , , The Rise of the Dutch Republic: A History , Volume 1, page 144,
    • His education had been but meagre .
  • (mineralogy) Dry and harsh to the touch (e.g., as chalk).
    • Derived terms
    * meagrely * meagreness

    Verb

    (meagr)
  • To make lean.
  • * 1862 , , Herbert Randolph (editor), Life of General Sir Robert Wilson , page 275,
    • I am meagred to a skeleton; my nose is broiled to flaming heat, and I am suffering the greatest inconvenience from the loss of my baggage which I fear the enemy have taken with my servant at Konigsberg.

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