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English to English adjective
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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. |  | source: webster1913 adjective satellite
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less than the correct or legal or full amount often deliberately so | | Example: a light pound
a scant cup of sugar
regularly gives short weight
source: wordnet30 adverb
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In a scant manner; with difficulty; scarcely; hardly. | | source: webster1913 noun
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Scantness; scarcity. | | source: webster1913 verb
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work hastily or carelessly; deal with inadequately and superficially | | source: wordnet30
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limit in quality or quantity | | source: wordnet30
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supply sparingly and with restricted quantities | | Example: sting with the allowance
source: wordnet30
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To limit; to straiten; to treat illiberally; to stint; as, to scant one in provisions; to scant ourselves in the use of necessaries. | | source: webster1913
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To fail, or become less; to scantle; as, the wind scants. | | source: webster1913
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