skimpy
/ˈskɪmpi
/adjective (skimpier, skimpiest)
1(Of clothes) short and revealing: a skimpy dress...
- She wore the short skirts and skimpy clothing that people like that would wear.
- You may even get your significant other to wear some pretty revealing and skimpy clothing.
- Miranda was having a heated argument with a dark-haired short girl, dressed in skimpy clothing.
Synonyms
revealing, short, brief, scanty, insubstantial;
low, low-cut;
flimsy, thin, see-through, indecent
2Providing or consisting of less than is needed; meagre: my knowledge of music is extremely skimpy...
- The talent files are a bit skimpy and limited to director Petersen and the three main actors.
- This is one flesh film that's a tad skimpy on the skinny dip and paltry on the peek-a-boo.
Synonyms
meagre, scanty, scant, sketchy, limited, restricted, inadequate, insufficient, paltry, deficient, negligible, insubstantial, small, sparse
rare exiguous
Derivatives
skimpily
- I spied two very, very skimpily clad women chatting loudly and excitedly, and approached them to find out what was going on.
- What they wanted and what they got were fast cars, loud music, skimpily clad girls and some awesome stunt driving.
- As ever, her stagecraft included all the right moves, aided by a team of sexy dancers, all equally skimpily clad.
skimpiness
- In other words, Miguel's ex struck a balance between teen fashion's obsession with skimpiness and some actual good taste.
- Sure, today's underwear market is selling some very skimpy pieces, but a new level of skimpiness has been achieved.
- Of course, now I appreciated the skimpiness of my outfits.