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scantness

/skant/US // skænt //UK // (skænt) //

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adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1

    scant·er, scant·est.

    • : 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: scant of breath.
v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to make scant; diminish.
    • : to stint the supply of; withhold.
    • : to treat slightly or inadequately.
adv.副词 adverb
  1. 1
    • : Scot. and North England Dialect. scarcely; barely; hardly.

Synonyms & Antonyms

nounshortage

Examples

  • Such drill holes augment the scant fossil record of octopus evolution.

  • Details about the project are scant, but here’s what we know about it.

  • So far, however, there’s scant detail on what this pivot actually means beyond what’s been teased in the video used to launch the partnership.

  • There’s scant clinical evidence that a 12-week gap will be as effective as a 21-day one.

  • Their actions drew scant condemnation from Western politicians.

  • Retailers were hammered by the scheme because checks and balances were scant in 2012, when the eBay grifting peaked.

  • But even if the promised money does finally arrive, there is scant guarantee it will be used appropriately.

  • How sad, then, that her writings make scant mention the other great thinkers of her age.

  • But they provide scant details about why Alexander bought and sold shares when he did, or even how much.

  • Indeed there is a pre-Hispanic ceremonial site located a scant 400 meters from the outer edge of the Otomí Lake & Villas property.

  • History gives them scant notice, and the Federal government has failed to reward them as they deserve.

  • The big gray sedan carrying Delancy and his pals, hit the suburban town at a scant seventy miles an hour.

  • But, fortunately, they had scant time for repining, and there is nothing like active occupation to banish useless brooding.

  • On arriving he tendered the driver sixpence, which was strictly the fare, though but scant remuneration for the distance.

  • These flats were free from stones and covered with a scant growth of cottonwoods and pions.