How to Use "measly" with Example Sentences

1. As the graph below shows , those budgets are often quite measly .

2. But most clients are not ready for the measly returns .

3. But growth is measly , below even the 1.5 % the government forecast .

4. Averaged over the past four decades , the net profit margin of the world 's airlines , taken together , has been a measly 0.1 % .

5. He estimates that local stock markets currently make up , by value , a measly 1 per cent of the combined value of the world 's equities ( as measured by the msci index ) yet china already comprises 6.9 per cent of global gdp .