Words Like SCANT
    
   We have put together a list of words that are similar to SCANT.
    
    
    
        
            15 Alternative Words Similar to scant
   
            
               
            
            
        
       
    
    
        5 examples of scant
           
        
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        a scant allowance of provisions or water; a scant pattern of cloth for a garment
    
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        to scant one in provisions; to scant ourselves in the use of necessaries
    
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        the wind scants
    
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        regularly gives short weight
    
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        a scant cup of sugar
    
       
    
    
        10 definitions of scant
           
        
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        Not full, large, or plentiful; scarcely sufficient; less than is wanted for the purpose; scanty; meager; not enough.
    
    
    
 
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        Sparing; parsimonious; chary.
    
    
    
 
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        To limit; to straiten; to treat illiberally; to stint.
    
    
    
 
    4
    
        To cut short; to make small, narrow, or scanty; to curtail.
    
    
    
 
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        To fail, or become less; to scantle.
    
    
    
 
    6
    
        In a scant manner; with difficulty; scarcely; hardly.
    
    
    
 
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        work hastily or carelessly; deal with inadequately and superficially
    
    
    
 
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        limit in quality or quantity
    
    
    
 
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        supply sparingly and with restricted quantities