thin on the ground Sentence Examples
- The rainforests are becoming increasingly fragmented, with wildlife thin on the ground.
- After the famine, food supplies were thin on the ground, leaving many people starving.
- The town had been deserted for decades, and people were thin on the ground.
- The doctor's waiting room was empty, with patients thin on the ground.
- The library shelves were mostly bare, with books thin on the ground.
- The streets were deserted at night, with pedestrians thin on the ground.
- The job market is competitive, with qualified candidates thin on the ground.
- The research team was small, with experts thin on the ground.
- The neighborhood was declining, with residents thin on the ground.
- The evidence against the suspect was thin on the ground, making it difficult to convict.
thin on the ground Meaning
thin on the ground
to make less dense or viscous, to reduce in thickness or depth, dilute, weaken, having widely scattered units, flimsy, unconvincing, measuring little in cross section or diameter, having little extent from one surface to its opposite, to become weak, to cause to lose flesh, lacking in intensity or brilliance, disappointingly poor or hard, somewhat weak or shrill, lacking sufficient photographic density or contrast, to reduce in number or bulk, to make or become thin, having too little flesh, to reduce in number especially to prevent crowding, infertile, poor, not well fleshed, to make thin or thinner, characterized by a paucity of bids or offerings, less dense than normal, more fluid or rarefied than normal, not dense in arrangement or distribution, scantily supplied, scarce sense 1, to become thin or thinner, few in number, in a thin manner, somewhat feeble, shrill, and lacking in resonance, having less than the usual number, lacking substance or strength
Synonyms & Antonyms of thin on the ground
FAQs About the word thin on the ground
to make less dense or viscous, to reduce in thickness or depth, dilute, weaken, having widely scattered units, flimsy, unconvincing, measuring little in cross s
short, sparse,poor, scarce, slender, scant, thin,light, spare, skimpy
ample, adequate, sufficient, satisfactory, plentiful, generous, enough, fat, liberal, copious
The rainforests are becoming increasingly fragmented, with wildlife thin on the ground.
After the famine, food supplies were thin on the ground, leaving many people starving.
The town had been deserted for decades, and people were thin on the ground.
The doctor's waiting room was empty, with patients thin on the ground.
