Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Exiguous \Ex*ig"u*ous\, a. [L. exiguus.]
   Scanty; small; slender; diminutive. [R.] ``Exiguous
   resources.'' --Carlyle. -- {Ex*ig"uous*ness}, n. [R.]

Source : WordNet®

exiguous
     adj : extremely scanty; "an exiguous budget"