scant

About 2.20 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. adjective Not full, large, or plentiful; scarcely sufficient; scanty; meager.

   a scant allowance of provisions or water; a scant pattern of cloth for a garment

2. adjective Sparing; parsimonious; chary.
3. adjective Slightly diminished; just short of the amount described.

   a scant cup of sugar

4. verb To limit in amount or share; to stint.

   to scant someone in provisions; to scant ourselves in the use of necessaries

5. verb To fail, or become less; to scantle.

   The wind scants.

6. determiner Very little, very few.

   After his previous escapades, Mary had scant reason to believe John.

7. noun A small piece or quantity.
8. noun Scarcity; lack.

Similar words

deficient insufficient short stint skimp light scanty scarce meager small

Often followed by

attention and regard evidence respect justice information courtesy of

Word family

scanted scanter scantest scanting scantly scantness scantnesses scants