Examples of 'scanty' in a sentence

Meaning of "scanty"

Scanty (adjective) - Inadequate in amount, barely sufficient or minimal. It is often used to describe clothes that cover very little of the body
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  • Somewhat less than is needed in amplitude or extent.
  • Sparing; niggardly; parsimonious; stingy.

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We hope this rather scanty information is of help.
Information on the population of the mission is scanty.
He has a scanty character and grazes madness.
The list provides very scanty information.
Details of his life outside of music are scanty.
The fraction is scanty and of average measure.
Mythological material from them is exceedingly scanty.
Today there are scanty number of birds.
Scanty investment is a pointless waste of money.
I could pose for him in my scanty underwear.
Data are scanty and policies diverge.
Information of disbursement is even more scanty.
The available data are scanty and fragmented.
We have scanty information on the organisation.
Kutch district has a scanty forest cover.

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My scanty pocket money was spent on tools and chemicals.
The rice crop was scanty this year.
Scanty in the case of the roo.
I clung to the almost scanty remains of human order.
Its scanty water resources must be carefully managed.
My endowments were definitely on the scanty side.
You are scanty with the gravy.
State practice concerning transboundary groundwater in particular is scanty.
Records are scanty and dates are uncertain.
Information on adoption is scanty and limited.
The urine is scanty and markedly greenish in colour.
The average annual rainfall of the city is a scanty.
The vegetation is scanty due to the shortage of water.
While the corrupted yields only the scanty.
I was practically clinging to the scanty remains of human order.
Government relief payments were too scanty.
The winter food was too scanty for communities.
Rainfall is very scarce and scanty.
Climate data are scanty due to the lack of observation stations.
Your closet is full of short and scanty clothes.
Due to the scanty evidence it is unknown when it became extinct.
The information on his life is scanty and few.
Ground cover is scanty and seedlings regeneration is practically absent.
He sees our woman in the films in scanty garb.
The area is scanty in vegetation.
The records of his life are scanty.
They contain scanty cytoplasm.
And here our knowledge is scanty.
Do not be scanty in the payment.
Data on the causes and rates of mortality are scanty.
There is only scanty information available of the substances in question.
Development work is very limited and scanty at present.
Advertising was scanty and updates scarce and rather limited in scope.
The literature of revisionist orientation was scanty.
National experience in this area is scanty and narrow in scope.

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