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What is the adjective for skimpier?

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Included below are past participle and present participle forms for the verb skimp which may be used as adjectives within certain contexts.

skimpy
  1. Small or inadequate; not generous, or of a garment, very small, light, or revealing.
  2. Synonyms:
      3. meagre, scant, scanty, insufficient, paltry, sparse, inadequate, scarce, meager, deficient, limited, exiguous, negligible, poor, small, short, insubstantial, spare, stingy, slender, light, sparing, slim, thin, restricted, wanting, skimp, miserly, shy, failing, tight, scrimpy, sketchy, scrimp, unsufficient, hand-to-mouth, measly, little, piddling, minimal, modest, low, inconsiderable, inappreciable, trifling, slight, lacking, nominal, insignificant, miserable … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “The talent files are a bit skimpy and limited to director Petersen and the three main actors.”
      “You may even get your significant other to wear some pretty revealing and skimpy clothing.”
skimp
  1. (dated, Britain, dialect or US, colloquial) Scanty.
  2. Synonyms:
      3. scant, scanty, meagre, scarce, sparse, skimpy, meager, poor, exiguous, spare, light, sparing, slender, slim, stingy, hand-to-mouth, insufficient, inadequate, paltry, limited, deficient, small, negligible, slight, measly, short, insubstantial, restricted, little, wanting, thin, bare, scrimpy, modest, inconsiderable, miserable, inappreciable, pathetic, puny, tenuous, barren, thin on the ground, piddling, minimal, shy, lacking, unfinished, shabby, flimsy, scrimp … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “The skimp meal portions left the guests feeling unsatisfied and hungry.”
skimpier
  1. comparative form of skimpy: more skimpy
  2. Synonyms:
      3. meagrer, scanter, scantier, paltrier, sparser, scarcer, meagerer, poorer, smaller, shorter, sparer, stingier, slenderer, lighter, slimmer, thinner, shier, tighter, sketchier, more insufficient, more inadequate, more deficient, more limited, more exiguous, more negligible, more insubstantial, more sparing, more restricted, more wanting, more skimp, more miserly, more scrimp, more unsufficient, measlier, less, more modest, more minimal, more inconsiderable, lower, slighter, more trifling, more lacking, miserabler, more insignificant, punier, more derisory, mingier, more pathetic, pitifuller, leaner … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “I can also wear skimpier tops and short sleeves, which is great now that summer is here!”
      “Dawn Steele, who plays housekeeper Lexie, has clothes far skimpier and strappier than mine, so it was even worse for her.”
skimpiest
  1. superlative form of skimpy: most skimpy
  2. Synonyms:
      3. meagrest, scantest, scantiest, paltriest, sparsest, scarcest, meagerest, poorest, smallest, shortest, sparest, stingiest, slenderest, lightest, slimmest, thinnest, shiest, tightest, sketchiest, most insufficient, most inadequate, most deficient, most limited, most exiguous, most negligible, most insubstantial, most sparing, most restricted, most wanting, most skimp, most miserly, most scrimp, most unsufficient, measliest, least, most modest, most minimal, most inconsiderable, lowest, slightest, most trifling, most lacking, miserablest, most insignificant, puniest, most derisory, mingiest, most pathetic, pitifullest, leanest … more
skimped
  1. simple past tense and past participle of skimp
  2. Synonyms:
      3. saved, economised, economized, scrimped, pinched, stinted, spared, scanted, withheld, withholden, conserved, scraped, scamped, screwed, pinched pennies, cut corners, tightened your belt, scrimped on, economized on, stinted on, made ends meet, held back on, cut back on, rolled back, cut back, cut expenditure, cut costs, budgeted, made cutbacks, scrimped and scrape, retrenched, cut down, saved money, limited, curtailed, restricted, restrained, husbanded, cut your coat according to your cloth, squirreled, stashed, reduced wastage, pulled in one's horns, run a tight ship, held back, husbanded your resources, skimped on, made economies, watched the pennies, pinched the pennies … more
skimping
  1. present participle of skimp
  2. Synonyms:
      3. saving, economising, economizing, scrimping, pinching, stinting, sparing, scanting, withholding, conserving, scraping, scamping, screwing, pinching pennies, cutting corners, tightening your belt, scrimping on, economizing on, stinting on, making ends meet, holding back on, cutting back on, rolling back, cutting back, budgeting, cutting expenditure, making cutbacks, scrimping and scrape, retrenching, scrimping and saving, cutting costs, going easy on, saving money, limiting, curtailing, restricting, restraining, husbanding, stashing, squirreling, reducing wastage, pulling in one's horns, making economies, husbanding your resources, cutting down, pinching the pennies, watching the pennies, holding back, penny-pinching, stretching a dollar … more
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