scant
barely sufficient in amount or quantity; not abundant; almost inadequate: to do scant justice.
limited; meager; not large: a scant amount.
barely amounting to as much as indicated: a scant two hours; a scant cupful.
having an inadequate or limited supply (usually followed by of): scant of breath.
to make scant; diminish.
to stint the supply of; withhold.
to treat slightly or inadequately.
Scot. and North England Dialect. scarcely; barely; hardly.
Origin of scant
1Other words for scant
Other words from scant
- scantly, adverb
- scantness, noun
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How to use scant in a sentence
All three tech giants denied they harbor any political biases, and GOP lawmakers provided scant evidence for their claims.
Facebook, Google, Twitter CEOs clash with Congress in pre-election showdown | Tony Romm, Rachel Lerman, Cat Zakrzewski, Heather Kelly, Elizabeth Dwoskin | October 28, 2020 | Washington PostHe’s running against charismatic former Army Ranger John James, a Republican businessman whose environmental platform is scant.
That’s because scant rainfall and wide, well-marked streets ease the engineering of split-second computer vision systems considerably.
The Self-Driving Car Is a Red Herring - Issue 92: Frontiers | Anthony Townsend | October 21, 2020 | NautilusWhile Misra was scant on the details of the SPAC itself, including how much the blank check company was seeking to raise, he did openly state his thinking on raising one.
With only two other companies that have gone public through a direct listing, data is scant on how businesses fare following the process—so Asana and Palantir will be heavily watched.
Mr. Mitchett was none the less scantly diverted from his estimate of the occasion Mrs. Brookenham had just named to him.
The Awkward Age | Henry JamesHe remembered the effect this adviser had produced on Julia—an effect that scantly ministered to the idea of another meeting.
The Tragic Muse | Henry JamesThe children were barefoot, bare headed and scantly dressed, and it seemed awfully dirty about the doors of the shanties.
Death Valley in '49 | William Lewis ManlyHe gnawed at the scantly-fleshed ribs of the first rabbit, savoring the raw meaty smell and flavor.
Stalemate | Basil Eugene WellsThe contents of it, as of all Fielding's work in this kind, include certain things for which the moderns are scantly grateful.
Joseph Andrews Vol. 1 | Henry Fielding
British Dictionary definitions for scant
/ (skænt) /
scarcely sufficient; limited: he paid her scant attention
(prenominal) slightly short of the amount indicated; bare: a scant ten inches
(postpositive foll by of) having a short supply (of)
to limit in size or quantity
to provide with a limited or inadequate supply of
to treat in a slighting or inadequate manner
scarcely; barely
Origin of scant
1Derived forms of scant
- scantly, adverb
- scantness, noun
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