"Meager results" means achieving very little or having very little success or outcome in something.
Sentences with «meager results»
But it seems we've been envisioning a great future with energy efficiency and helping the poor for a damn long while now with only meager results. (dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com)
Sometimes these conditions only permit meager results. (religion-online.org)
The amount we are spending on the academy for such meager results is what is especially alarming for me. (justarsenal.com)