thin on the ground in English

Forms: thinner on the ground [comparative], thinnest on the ground [superlative] [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Head templates: {{en-adj|thinner on the ground|sup=thinnest on the ground}} thin on the ground (comparative thinner on the ground, superlative thinnest on the ground)

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{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "thinner on the ground",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "thinnest on the ground",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "1": "thinner on the ground",
        "sup": "thinnest on the ground"
      },
      "expansion": "thin on the ground (comparative thinner on the ground, superlative thinnest on the ground)",
      "name": "en-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
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          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2020 November 18, “Stop & Examine”, in Rail, page 71",
          "text": "She explains: \"Customers are sadly thin on the ground, but my community and charity work are very much still part of me. [...].\"",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "scarce, or difficult to find."
      ],
      "id": "en-thin_on_the_ground-en-adj-jqzajtw7",
      "links": [
        [
          "scarce",
          "scarce"
        ]
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "thick on the ground"
        }
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "deficient"
        },
        {
          "word": "infrequent"
        },
        {
          "word": "in short supply"
        },
        {
          "word": "rare"
        },
        {
          "word": "uncommon"
        },
        {
          "word": "wanting"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "thin on the ground"
}

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{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "thinner on the ground",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "thinnest on the ground",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "thinner on the ground",
        "sup": "thinnest on the ground"
      },
      "expansion": "thin on the ground (comparative thinner on the ground, superlative thinnest on the ground)",
      "name": "en-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "thick on the ground"
    }
  ],
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        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2020 November 18, “Stop & Examine”, in Rail, page 71",
          "text": "She explains: \"Customers are sadly thin on the ground, but my community and charity work are very much still part of me. [...].\"",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "scarce, or difficult to find."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "scarce",
          "scarce"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "deficient"
    },
    {
      "word": "infrequent"
    },
    {
      "word": "in short supply"
    },
    {
      "word": "rare"
    },
    {
      "word": "uncommon"
    },
    {
      "word": "wanting"
    }
  ],
  "word": "thin on the ground"
}

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"thin on the ground" meaning in English

Adjective