Examples of 'scant' in a sentence
Meaning of "scant"
Scant (adjective): Barely sufficient or adequate, not as much as is necessary, used to describe a small or limited quantity
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- Not full, large, or plentiful; scarcely sufficient; scanty; meager.
- Sparing; parsimonious; chary.
- To limit in amount or share; to stint.
- To fail, or become less; to scantle.
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I see him scant of the time now.
Scant trail experience weakness with weapons.
Agricultural land is scant and of poor quality.
With scant regard for the consequences.
But one with scant power here.
Scant interest in second pillar of pension system.
We only have scant intel on the handover.
Good practice in this regard was very scant.
There is also scant evidence of a working timeline.
State practice on this point appears to be scant.
There is scant information about his life.
What safety they had was very scant.
There is scant space for more burials.
The observations addressing this question are scant.
Often there is a scant interstitial lymphocytic infiltrate.
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Industrialisation and other employment opportunities are scant.
The park left a scant pictorial record.
The information we have about her is scant.
It has scant regard for the truth.
Dates are approximate because of scant written sources.
Sadly scant evidence exists for either.
Records of the language they used are scant.
Losing a man is scant cause for concern.
Primary source information on the horse is scant.
There is only scant research regarding narcissism.
These small camps subsisted on scant donations.
I had a few scant moments to make a decision.
Evidence against the defendants has been scant.
There are only scant data available.
Remaining wildlife habitats provide scant refuge.
Obesity markers are scant among diabetic subjects.
Meanwhile the rewards are ever more scant.
They will remain scant as long as we are human.
Of websurfing but with dishearteningly scant results as to.
So they left scant trace in the archives.
Travel history data on military donors was scant.
Vietnam also has scant racing tradition.
Grassroots regional dialogue remains regretfully scant.
It seems that scant account is taken in the.
The literature on its effect is scant at present.
It gives scant attention to the role of entrepreneurs.
Endangered species that get scant attention.
Republicans are a scant minority in both legislative chambers.
Details of what happened on the highway were scant.
Credit will be scant and very expensive.
The evidence for such claims is scant.
Scant attention has been paid to these points to date.
On the coast of peru there is scant rainfall.
The fry registered scant radioactivity after it was dusted.
Scant attention is paid to domestic violence.
