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Discover LudwigThe phrase "has been meager" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it to describe a situation or action that has been unsatisfactory, or that has been inadequate, lacking, or minimal. Example Sentence: The company's profits have been meager this quarter.
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So far, legislative action against the practice has been meager.
If time has diminished the assaultive force of these images, the reduction has been meager.
Global warming is the most significant environmental issue of our time, yet public response in Western nations has been meager.
Not one is an elected official or has significant name recognition, and their fund-raising has been meager.
Even the Twitter feed from the $15,000-a-month San Francisco crash pad inhabited by several cast members has been meager.
Even though the country has its fair share of winter sport-appropriate terrain and weather, North Korea's participation in the Winter Olympics has been meager compared with the Summer Games.
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Yet the lasting effects of these policies have been meager.
Mr. Putin's statements about the Kursk have been meager.
Those who opposed it argue that the results have been meager.
Income and spending gains would have been meager even after discounting the effects of the storm.
Yet the rhetorical resources he has devoted to its defense have been meager.
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Since I tried Ludwig back in 2017, I have been constantly using it in both editing and translation. Ever since, I suggest it to my translators at ProSciEditing.

Justyna Jupowicz-Kozak
CEO of Professional Science Editing for Scientists @ prosciediting.com