scant
adjective
barely sufficient in amount or quantity; not abundant; almost inadequate.
scanted
-
past participleof scant.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
-
past tense formof scant.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
scantadjectivebarely sufficient in amount or quantity; not abundant; almost inadequate.
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
Hospitals and heroic interventions got the large investments; incrementalists were scanted.
From The New Yorker ● Jan. 15, 2017
The implications of the technology, on the other hand, are somewhat scanted.
From New York Times ● Jul. 5, 2016
Earlier biographies — the best is Lyndall Gordon’s — have somewhat scanted Eliot’s American childhood and youth, which is one reason why this new book is so valuable.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 15, 2015
Those seriously interested in the actual goings-on will be scanted unless they can find the full thing on cable.
From Time Magazine Archive
Let your study Be to content your Lord, who hath receiu'd you At Fortunes almes, you haue obedience scanted, And well are worth the want that you haue wanted Cor.
From King Lear by William Shakespeare
