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Measly

/ˈmiːzli/

Particularly of pigs or pork: infected with larval tapeworms or trichinae (parasitic roundworms).

📖 Definitions of "Measly"

adjective
  1. 1

    Particularly of pigs or pork: infected with larval tapeworms or trichinae (parasitic roundworms).

  2. 2

    Of a person: infected with measles.

  3. 3

    Small (especially contemptibly small) in amount.

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