leaner

adjective

Meaning

(of a person or animal) Slim; not fleshy.
(of meat) Having little fat.
Having little extra or little to spare; scanty; meagre.
Having a low proportion or concentration of a desired substance or ingredient.
Of a character which prevents the compositor from earning the usual wages; opposed to fat.
Efficient, economic, frugal, agile, slimmed-down; pertaining to the modern industrial principles of "lean manufacturing"
One who leans, or inclines toward something.

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