scant
adjective
barely sufficient in amount or quantity; not abundant; almost inadequate.
have scanted
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present perfectof scant.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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Historians have scanted the Normans' other conquest, and the world has all but forgotten it.
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