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Discover LudwigThe phrase "are meager for" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a situation where resources, benefits, or results are insufficient or lacking for a particular purpose or need.
Example: "The funds allocated for the project are meager for the scope of work we need to accomplish."
Alternatives: "are insufficient for" or "are inadequate for".
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Average insurance net margins are 3-83-8percentand 25-30 percent gross margins, which are meager for tech standards.
The bears turn this prospect against the company, with the argument that Genentech is too dependent on Avastin and that sales increases are meager for its other drugs.
What happens when job opportunities are meager, for the people who theoretically comprise the future of the industry?
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The average weekly wage of around €200 is meager for Italy, but ensures a comfortable life in Romania.
Despite this well organized effort, meaningful educational outcomes were meager for the twelve residents evaluated.
In cities like Fillmore and Santa Paula, recreation budgets are meager and programming for teens is minimal.
While I see some progress on resilience and increased recognition of the need for stronger infrastructure, our efforts at investing in renewable energy are meager, and our capacity for reconstruction is pathetic.
The testimonia for Hicetas are meager and contradictory (DK I 441 442).
However, the sources for Nigidius are meager and there is no evidence that he was the leader of a large and powerful group.
Real returns are meager and likely to remain so for years, predicts Heikensten.
But wages are meager.
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