scant
adjective
barely sufficient in amount or quantity; not abundant; almost inadequate.
had scanted
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past perfectof scant.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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Mutimer, we know, had got for himself only the most profitless of educations, and in addition nature had scanted him on the emotional side.
From Demos by George Gissing
It is quite possible, of course, that his school really had scanted the motherly touch.
From On the Stairs by Henry Blake Fuller
