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The phrase "a meagre percentage of" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing a small or insufficient amount of something in a quantitative context.
Example: "The survey revealed that only a meagre percentage of participants were satisfied with the service provided."
Alternatives: "a small fraction of" or "a minimal portion of".
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This year, the layout is expected to surpass a hundred million, and that's a meagre percentage of what is bet illegally.
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GDP at the end of 2014 was only two percentage points above the beginning of 2008 and a meagre one percentage point above mid-2011.
Tanzania spends a low share of GDP (7.2% ) on health, with a meagre public expenditure of 39% of the total health costs [ 10].
When given a percentage, ask a percentage of what?
Congress of the People (Cope) and Agang — both born out of a disillusionment with the ANC coupled with an antipathy towards the DA — will draw such meagre percentages that they will be left with no meaningful role.
The SPD has paid dearly there, winning a meagre 12% of the vote in September.
He said: "The district administration has given a meagre compensation of Rs 30,000 to the family.
The evidence — a meagre output of books, themselves commentaries on commentaries on other books — suggested otherwise.
I pulled them apart to find a meagre smear of cheese and a fragment of ham.
Sales of roses were a blooming €802m ($1.2 billion), although that is a meagre increase of 0.9% from 2007.
Going by its dividend-yield, Wall Street has looked pricey for some time, offering a meagre income of just 2%.
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