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    exiguous - Dictionary definition and meaning for word exiguous

    Definition
    (adj) extremely scanty
    Example Sentence
    • an exiguous budget
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for exiguous

exe+go+us: Very small people go to us in exe class.

"exit juice". juice is exitin from the glass through a SMALL hole :P

Exiguous means the opposite of Prodigious. Note the prefixes Ex- and Pro- which are also opposites.

judges told us to exit(exi)the dance competition nd host also told us to go(guo ...us)..so we exitd d sho leavin small no. of competitors .. i.e exiguous -> exit + go + us

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AXE+GUous....If you cut your GU(shit) with axe, you will require very SMALL amount of force....

"You cannot solve an EXIGent problem with EXIGUOUS resources."

exiguous: due to deforestation...fauna got disappearing...so as EXtremely small no ZOO.. EX+ZOO

exi - extra + guous (uga hua) - extra uga hua.. extra ugahua to kam hi hota hia na

EXIGUOUS(igzi'gyuus); Sounds like a combination of EXIT(Igzi-) JUICE(gyuus). EXIT JUICE could be looked upon as the bottom/remainder of a glass or carton of juice which is scanty when compared to the initial or original quantity.

exi(EXIT)+guo(GO)+us………On our EXIT from competition judges told US to GO as they were not satisfied from our SHORT performance lasting for only a SMALL AMOUNT OF time

EXIGUOUS -> EXtremely + egrEGiOUS...an EXtremely egrEGiOUS ciminal receives VERY LITTLE sympathy.

EX+IGUOUS- EXeedingly little which could be IGnored

Exiguous = Exit + go + us; Very few people wants to exit the occasion & come with us at the temple.

Extremely Ambiguous because of being too small to give more information

Sounds like "Exigency" urgent situation we face scarcity of money.Meager

EXIGUOUS=TAXI+GOA+OR+USA TAXI USA PAR JITNA HAI USSE KAHI SMALL AMOUNT ME GOA ME HAI. HAI NAH??

ones whoes whole wealth, property etc is exi(exit)guous(gayi...he lost)

Sounds like please-give-us what ever small amount you can.

exiguous is opposite to excess.... excess is the key word coz exiguous is its antonym

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