1) Almost inadequate 2) Almost negligible 3) Bare 4) Barely adequate 5) Barely enough 6) Barely sufficient 7) Deficient 8) Exiguous 9) Few and far between 10) Hard to find 11) Hardly adequate 12) Hardly any 13) Hardly enough 14) Hardly sufficient 15) Hardly worth mentioning 16) In limited supply 17) In short supply
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1) Careful 2) Insufficient 3) Lean 4) Meager 5) Mere 6) Scarce 7) Skimp 8) Sparse
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• (v. i.) To fail, or become less; to scantle; as, the wind scants. • (superl.) Not full, large, or plentiful; scarcely sufficient; less than is wanted for the purpose; scanty; meager; not enough; as, a scant allowance of provisions or water; a scant pattern of cloth for a garment. • (v. t.) To limit; to straiten; to treat illiberall...
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1. Not full, large, or plentiful; scarcely sufficient; less than is wanted for the purpose; scanty; meager; not enough; as, a scant allowance of provisions or water; a scant pattern of cloth for a garment. 'His sermon was scant, in all, a quarter of an hour.' (Ridley) ... 2. Sparing; parsimonious; chary. 'Be somewhat scanter of your maiden presence...
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Scant adjective [
Compar. Scanter ;
superl. Scantest .] [ Icelandic
skamt , neuter of
skamr ,
skammr , short; confer
skamta to dole out, to portion.]
1. Not full, large, or plentiful; scarcely sufficie...
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Scant adverb In a scant manner; with difficulty; scarcely; hardly. [ Obsolete]
Bacon. « So weak that he was
scant able to go down the stairs.»
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Scant intransitive verb To fail, or become less; to scantle; as, the wind
scants .
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Scant noun Scantness; scarcity. [ R.]
T. Carew. Found on
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Scant transitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Scanted ;
present participle & verbal noun Scanting .]
1. To limit; to straiten; to treat illiberally; to stint; as, to
scant one in provisions; to
scant ourselves...
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[
v] - limit in quality or quantity
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in terms of measurement, a scant cup of flour is measured just below the cup line (just less than the amount called for).
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verb supply sparingly and with restricted quantities; `sting with the allowance`
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[Literary terms] supply sparingly and with restricted quantities
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[Literary terms] limit in quality or quantity
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