The phrase 'meager contribution' is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a small amount of help or assistance provided by someone. For example: "We were very grateful for her meager contribution towards our cause."
During the Clinton years, our meager contribution to the world's poor dropped by nearly half.
Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg is trying to balance his own troubled budget and is looking for ways to cut even the city's meager contribution to the subways.
The Ministry of Water Resources said this week that it had hired 559 militiamen, a meager contribution to the job of winding down the militias.
The possible mechanism for the self-assembly of 4α-CoIITAPc on GC surface is through the addition of nucleophilic amines to the olefinic bond on the GC surface in addition to a meager contribution from π stacking.
With his meager contributions no longer even remotely related to the mammoth amount of coverage he receives, NFL players have voted him the most overrated player in the league, according to a Sports Illustrated poll that included 180 players.
The system's main ills, it says, are fragmented governance, insufficient mobility of people and knowledge across institutions, a lack of effective science policies and research performance evaluations, and the private sector's meager R&D contribution.
In both cases, lack of funds is due in part to low student enrollment and in part due to meager alumni contributions.
But without them, the Yankees' relievers entered Sunday with a 3.11 earned run average, the second best in the A.L. They owe some degree of thanks to... RUSSELL MARTIN, who has offset his meager offensive contributions —.220 average,.323 on-base percentage — with a steely toughness behind the plate.
It had a $1.5 million deficit and contributions were meager.
The marriage had proceeded despite opposition from her parents, who worried about his meager income, earned from contributions to literary magazines and probably less than £300 a year.
Elias had had an affinity for journalism since his youth, and he eked a meager living through his contributions to a number of Lebanese newspapers (al-Bayraq, al-Bayan, an-Nidaa, al-Ma'rad, al-'assifa, Lisan al-hal, al-Joumhour, al-Makshouf and Sawt al-Ahrar), also publishing a great number of journalistic articles on a variety of topics.
