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1. (adj.) scant
barely sufficient in amount or quantity; meager.
2. scant
almost as much as indicated:
a scant cupful.
3. scant
having an inadequate or limited supply (usu. fol. by of):
scant of breath.
4. (v.t.) scant
to make scant; diminish.
5. scant
to stint the supply of; withhold.
6. scant
to treat slightly or inadequately.
7. (adv.) scant
Dial. scarcely; barely; hardly.
Etymology: (1325–75; ME (adj.) < ON skamt, neut. of skammr short)
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| Definition of 'scant' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (verb) light, scant(p), short
less than the correct or legal or full amount often deliberately so
"a light pound"; "a scant cup of sugar"; "regularly gives short weight"
2. (verb) skimp, scant
work hastily or carelessly; deal with inadequately and superficially
3. (verb) scant, skimp
limit in quality or quantity
4. (verb) stint, skimp, scant
supply sparingly and with restricted quantities
"sting with the allowance"
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (adverb) scant
in a scant manner; with difficulty; scarcely; hardly
2. (noun) scant
scantness; scarcity
3. scant
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
4. scant
sparing; parsimonious; chary
5. (verb) scant
to limit; to straiten; to treat illiberally; to stint; as, to scant one in provisions; to scant ourselves in the use of necessaries
6. (verb) scant
to cut short; to make small, narrow, or scanty; to curtail
7. (verb) scant
to fail, or become less; to scantle; as, the wind scants
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Sense: hardly enough; not very much
scant attention; scant experience.
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 Afrikaans: min |
 Arabic: زَهيد، طَفيف |
 Bulgarian: оскъден |
 Brazilian: escasso |
 Czech: nedostatečný, skrovný |
 German: spärlich |
 Danish: for lidt; manglende |
 Greek: λιγοστός |
 Spanish: escaso, insuficiente |
 Estonian: vähene |
 Farsi: ناكافي |
 Finnish: niukka |
 French: insuffisant; peu abondant |
 Hebrew: מְעַט מְאוֹד |
 Hindi: अपर्याप्त |
 Croatian: nedovoljno |
 Hungarian: gyér |
 Indonesian: tidak banyak |
 Icelandic: rÿr, takmarkaður |
 Italian: scarso, insufficiente |
 Japanese: 不十分な |
 Korean: 빠듯한, 빈약한 |
 Lithuanian: menkas, nedidelis |
 Latvian: niecīgs; trūcīgs |
 Malay: kurang |
 Dutch: gering |
 Norwegian: knapp, knepen, sparsom |
 Polish: ledwo wystarczający |
 Persian: ناكافي |
 Pashto: لږ، كم، نيمګړى، نا كافى، |
 Portuguese: escasso |
 Romanian: insuficient, limitat |
 Russian: скудный, недостаточный |
 Slovak: nedostatočný; slabý |
 Slovenian: pičel |
 Serbian: nedovoljan |
 Swedish: knapp,ringa, minimal |
 Thai: เกือบไม่มี; มีน้อย |
 Turkish: az, kıt |
 Taiwanese: 不足的 |
 Ukrainian: обмежений; недостатній |
 Urdu: ناقص |
 Vietnamese: hiếm, vừa đủ |
 Chinese: 不足的 |
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