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[とぼ()··]
toboshii
i adjective

Alternate Written Forms:

[とも()··]
tomoshii

English Meaning(s) for 乏しい

i adjective
  1. meagre; meager; scarce; limited; destitute; hard up; lacking; scanty; poor

Definition and Synonyms for 乏しい

Scarce deficient in quantity or number compared with the demand
Synonyms: 乏しい
Meagerly deficient in amount or quality or extent
Synonyms: 乏しい, 貧しい, 貧小, 貧弱
Scanty lacking in amplitude or quantity
Synonyms: からっけつ, 不十分, 乏しい, お寒い, 寡少, 手薄, 薄い, 貧しい, 貧小, 貧弱, 鮮少
Poor unsatisfactory
Synonyms: 乏しい, お寒い, 貧しい
Poor characterized by or indicating poverty
Synonyms: 乏しい, 貧しい, 貧乏, 貧困
Exiguity the quality of being meager
Synonyms: 乏しい
Want the state of needing something that is absent or unavailable
Synonyms: 不足, 乏しい, 払底, 欠乏, 欠如, 欠落

Meanings for each kanji in 乏しい

» destitution; scarce; limited

Categories 乏しい is a member of

Insufficiency lack of an adequate quantity or number
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Demand a condition requiring relief
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Stroke Order Diagrams for 乏しい

Conjugations for 乏しい

Adjective stem
[とぼ()·]
toboshi
te-form
[とぼ()···]
toboshikute
Negative te-form
[とぼ()·····]
toboshikunakute
Adverbial Form
[とぼ()··]
toboshiku
Plain Form
Present Indicative Form
[とぼ()··]
toboshii
Present Indicative Negative Form
[とぼ()····]
toboshikunai
Past Indicative Form
[とぼ()····]
toboshikatta
Past Indicative Negative Form
[とぼ()······]
toboshikunakatta
Provisional Form
Present Indicative Form
[とぼ()····]
toboshikereba
Present Indicative Negative Form
[とぼ()······]
toboshikunakereba
Present Indicative Negative Colloquial Form
[とぼ()·····]
toboshikunakya
Conditional Form
Present Indicative Form
[とぼ()·····]
toboshikattara
Present Indicative Negative Form
[とぼ()·······]
toboshikunakattara
Nominalized Form
Objective Form
[とぼ()··]
toboshisa

Sample Sentences for 乏しい

He has no small talk.
His knowledge of geography is poor.
The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want.
Japan is lacking in raw materials.
The regions with the fewest natural resources rely on importation to increase their standard of living.

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