Japanese Meaning of scant

少ない

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Definitions and Meaning of scant in English

Wordnet

scant (v)

work hastily or carelessly; deal with inadequately and superficially

limit in quality or quantity

supply sparingly and with restricted quantities

Wordnet

scant (s)

less than the correct or legal or full amount often deliberately so

Webster

scant (superl.)

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.

Sparing; parsimonious; chary.

Webster

scant (v. t.)

To limit; to straiten; to treat illiberally; to stint; as, to scant one in provisions; to scant ourselves in the use of necessaries.

To cut short; to make small, narrow, or scanty; to curtail.

Webster

scant (v. i.)

To fail, or become less; to scantle; as, the wind scants.

Webster

scant (adv.)

In a scant manner; with difficulty; scarcely; hardly.

Webster

scant (n.)

Scantness; scarcity.

FAQs About the word scant

少ない

work hastily or carelessly; deal with inadequately and superficially, limit in quality or quantity, supply sparingly and with restricted quantities, less than t

希少な,まばら, 疎ら,小さな,不十分,不十分,不足,光,最も低い,わずか,やせた

豊富な,十分な,十分,豊富な,豊富,十分だ,寛大な,リベラルな,豊富,満足のいく

scansorial => (登木性の), scansores => 登攀鳥, scansion => スキャン, scanning => スキャニング, scanner => スキャナー,