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What is another word for Scant? – 259 Scant Synonyms

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    Synonyms & Similar Words

    scarce rare infrequent uncommon unusual meager lean sparse slight minimal limited restricted inadequate insufficient deficient lacking wanting short bare slender thin few faint weak poor paltry petty insignificant negligible slight modest humble ungenerous stingy frugal sparse scattered sporadic isolated rarefied tenuous fleeting transient ephemeral brief short-lived cursory superficial sketchy perfunctory cursory hasty hurried fleeting momentary temporary provisional incomplete unfinished partial fragmentary

    Meaning of Scant

    Insufficient or barely enough in amount or degree

    Definitions

    • * Limited or restricted in some way
    • * Rare or infrequent
    • * Meager or sparse
    • * Lacking or deficient in some respect

    Example Uses

    • The company had scant resources to devote to the new project.
    • * The evidence for the defendant's guilt was scant and largely circumstantial.
    • * The town had scant experience with natural disasters.
    • * The athlete's training had been scant in the months leading up to the competition.
    • * The food at the party was scant, and many guests left hungry.

    Antonyms & Near Antonyms

    abundant ample plentiful profuse lavish generous liberal extensive comprehensive complete thorough full rich luxuriant lush verdant copious bountiful fertile productive overflowing overflowing teeming swarming crowded dense thick heavy numerous multiple manifold diverse varied prolific fruitful successful thriving flourishing booming prosperous affluent wealthy opulent sumptuous extravagant excessive overabundant superabundant

    Related Nouns

    scarcity rarity infrequency meagerness sparseness limitation restriction inadequacy insufficiency deficiency lack want shortage dearth famine drought barrenness desolation emptiness hollowness vacancy void gap chasm abyss paucity poverty need necessity exigency emergency crisis strait difficulty hardship distress penury impecuniosity beggary indigence

    Related Verbs

    scarcity lack want need require necessitate demand call cry scream shout plead beg implore petition request solicit importune supplicate pray invoke conjure scarcity rarefy scatter disperse sparse thin attenuate weaken diminish reduce lessen decrease lower curtail restrict limit confine circumscribe stint skimp economize conserve husband ration allocate apportion mete

    Related Adjectives

    scarce rare infrequent uncommon unusual meager lean sparse slight minimal limited restricted inadequate insufficient deficient lacking wanting short bare slender thin few faint weak poor paltry petty insignificant negligible slight modest humble ungenerous stingy frugal sparse scattered sporadic isolated rarefied tenuous fleeting transient ephemeral brief short-lived cursory superficial sketchy perfunctory cursory hasty hurried fleeting momentary temporary provisional incomplete unfinished partial fragmentary