German-English translations for karg

barren
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This country has succeeded, in a poor, barren region, which has not been blessed by nature, in achieving an amazing level of prosperity. Dieses Land hat es geschafft, in einer Umgebung, die von Armut geprägt ist, die sehr karg ist, die von der Natur nicht gesegnet ist, zu einem erstaunlichen Wohlstand zu gelangen. I silently wept as my daughters husband rejected her. What would she do now that she was no longer a maiden but also barren?The pine barrens are a site lonely enough to suit any hermit.
bare
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a bare majorityI do wonder why keeping my little breasts bare can be lewd even as none tells my brother anything for being bare-chested.a room bare of furniture

barelyThe plane is so far away now I can barely see itYes, it is barely visible
bleak
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A bleak and bare rock.They escaped across the bleak landscape.A bleak, crater-pocked moonscape.
crisp
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This new television set has a very crisp image.The crisp snow crunched underfoot.An expert, given a certain query, will often come up with a crisp answer: “yes” or “no”.
gaunt
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meagerA meager piece of cake in one bite.
meagre
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A lavish menu was planned but what transpired was meagre fare. Geplant war ein opulentes Menü; herausgekommen ist karge Kost. Nothing will grow in this meagre soil.He was given a meagre piece of cake that he swallowed in one bite.

paltryThis is indeed a paltry flyer about a silly productShe made some paltry excuse and leftCould someone hope to survive on such a paltry income?
parsimonious
penuriousThe old man died a penurious wretch; eighty-thousand dollars in the mattress and as many holes in the roof.The penurious stew would have been more accurately labelled broth.The poor penurious horde, naught in the cooking pot and naught in the belly.
scant
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After his previous escapades, Mary had scant reason to believe John.a scant allowance of provisions or water; a scant pattern of cloth for a garmentto scant someone in provisions; to scant ourselves in the use of necessaries
short
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Our meeting was a short six minutes today. Every day for the past month it’s been at least twenty minutes long“Phone” is short for “telephone” and "asap" short for "as soon as possibleHe gave a short answer to the question
sparsea sparse array, index, or matrix
stinted