The board spends so little in part because it receives comparatively meager financing from its parent city.

Its role in passing on the constitutionality of national statutes, as distinct from state laws, was a comparatively meager one.

There was no hope of pitting his comparatively meager strength against it.

In addition, he began gathering his comparatively meager naval forces to meet the enemy at sea.

The recruitment of talented teachers is hampered not only by comparatively meager levels of pay, but also by the fact that teaching carries little prestige.

When Ayers began his tenure, the RGA was a relatively spartan operation with a comparatively meager budget of $20 million, and a low national profile.

The Belgian government's lawsuit succeeded, allowing them to collect the entire trust, but it also diminished the share the princesses received (as each collected a comparatively meager $1,000,000).

For Rourke's comparatively meager needs, the supply was infinite.

They contend that comparatively meager efforts are being made.

What's more, boomers were content with their (comparatively meager) quota of kid time - unlike their successors.