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scant

  [skant] adjective, -er, -est, verb, adverb
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–adjective
1. barely sufficient in amount or quantity; not abundant; almost inadequate: to do scant justice.
2. limited; meager; not large: a scant amount.
3. barely amounting to as much as indicated: a scant two hours; a scant cupful.
4. having an inadequate or limited supply (usually fol. by of): scant of breath.
–verb (used with object)
5. to make scant; diminish.
6. to stint the supply of; withhold.
7. to treat slightly or inadequately.
–adverb
8. Scot. and North England Dialect. scarcely; barely; hardly.
Origin:
1325–75; ME (adj.) < ON skamt, neut. of skammr short

Related forms:
scantly, adverb
scantness, noun

Synonyms:
2. scanty, small, restricted. 4. short, lacking, wanting, deficient. 5. lessen, reduce, decrease, curtail. 6. limit, restrict, skimp, scrimp. 7. slight, neglect.
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scant   (skānt)   
adj.   scant·er, scant·est

  1. Barely sufficient: paid scant attention to the lecture.

  2. Falling short of a specific measure: a scant cup of sugar.

  3. Inadequately supplied; short: We were scant of breath after the lengthy climb.

tr.v.   scant·ed, scant·ing, scants

  1. To give an inadequate portion or allowance to: had to scant the older children in order to nourish the newborn.

  2. To limit, as in amount or share; stint: Our leisure time is scanted by this demanding job.

  3. To deal with or treat inadequately or neglectfully; slight.


[Middle English, from Old Norse skamt, neuter of skammr, short.]
scant'ly adv., scant'ness n.
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