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Discover LudwigThe phrase "meager progress" is grammatically correct and commonly used in written English
It can be used in any situation where there has been limited or insufficient progress made towards a goal or desired outcome. Example: Despite months of hard work, the company has only seen meager progress in its efforts to increase sales.
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One major reason for the meager progress is lagging support in Europe for military spending.
The meager progress on the so-called Millennium Development Goals underscores why more effective aid is so important but also why more money is needed.
The policy shift follows intensive talks in which several ministers expressed frustration at the meager progress Greece has made so far on a promised program of state asset sales to investors that would raise 50 billion euros ($71 billion).
President Obama will want to inspire some confidence in the economy - no talk of hard times - and he is likely to put a positive gloss on the meager progress we've made in housing and a handful of other sectors.
Although that may sound like meager progress, it's cost-effective for health systems: The service costs £16,120 but gains about 18 life-years per 1000 enrolled participants.
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But while the Obama administration has spent the past two years putting out report after report, sounding the horn and talking the talk of bringing technological change to the way government works, the progress is meager on all fronts.
In 1987, he held the state in contempt because the promised progress had been so meager.
These goals may seem meager by American standards, but they represent significant progress in many countries where women's roles are diminished or dismissed for cultural and religious reasons.
Middle-class families, who made only meager gains in the 1970's and 80's, also achieved solid progress in the late 90's.
Losing to Colombia caused all the frustrations associated with five years of halting progress under Jürgen Klinsmann to come suppurating out: the big off-field promises, the meager on-field outcomes, the enervating Jürgenvness – all hand-waving and hoping for the best – of the coach's management of a playing group of inconsistent quality.
Now that I've progressed to the point in Need For Speed where the police chases are too much for my meager skills, I suspect PGR4 will take its place as the racing game I play when I have nothing else to do.
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