hairline vs measly

hairline

adj
  • very thin, as thin as a hair 

noun
  • A fishing line made from hair. 

  • The line along one's forehead where hair starts growing. 

  • A very thin line in writing, drawing, or typography. 

  • A very thin fissure. 

measly

adj
  • Small (especially contemptibly small) in amount. 

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

  • Of a person: infected with measles. 

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