- Bare-boney sort of drawing
- Coarse, earthy
- Missing many details
- Sparse
- Superficial or slight
- Vague
- Containing only an outline or rough form; being in the
manner of a sketch; incomplete.
- Extremely thirsty man is lean
- Hint about becoming slim
- Lean
- Meagre
- Narrow
- Not dense
- Scrawny
- Barely sufficient
- In short supply
- Inadequate
- Inadequate, Meagre
- Limited
- Minimal
- Scarcely sufficient
- Becomes sparse
- Narrows
- Prunes, ... out
- Waters down