ADJ-GRADED
（数目、数量、大小）微不足道的，少得可怜的
If you describe an amount, quantity, or size as measly, you are critical of it because it is very small or inadequate.
例句
The average British bathroom measures a measly 3.5 square metres.
英国人的卫生间平均只有区区3.5平方米。
...a measly twelve-year-old like me.
像我这样一个12岁的小可怜