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German

Meanings

  1. meager, scanty, sparse

  2. tenuous

  3. poor; impoverished

Examples

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Mein Deutsch ist sehr dürftig.My German is very meager.
Das erscheint alles recht dürftig.All this seems kind of sketchy.
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Die Nahrungsmittelvorräte waren knapp und wir mussten den dürftigen Rest rationieren.Supplies of food were low and we had to ration out the little that was left.