scantness 的 3 个定义
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.
- to make scant; diminish.
- to stint the supply of; withhold.
- to treat slightly or inadequately.
- Scot. and North England Dialect. scarcely; barely; hardly.
scantness 近义词
shortage
更多scantness例句
- 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.