They are scant of money.
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Scant
//skænt//
Synonyms for "scant" (197 found)
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disciplinedraw the linedwarfeddwarfishembryonicempty ofexiguousfailingfamishfewfor want offorlorn offrugalgeasongrudgehedgehedge abouthypoplasticimmatureimpoverished
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Related words (98)
narrownarrow gaugenearneedingneglectniggardniggardlyout ofout of pocketpaltryparsimoniouspartpartialpatchypatentpaucitypiddlingpinchpinch penniespoor
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povertypremiumpunyqualifyrarerarefiedregisterrestrainrestrictrestrictedsave-allscampscant ofscantyscarcescarcenessscarcityscatteredscrappyscrawnyscrewscrimpscrimpingscrimpyseldom met withseldom seenshortshort ofshyshy ofsketchyskimpingskimpyslenderslightslimsmallsparesparingsparsespartanspecializespottysprinkledstarvationstarvestingystintedstraitstraitenstraitenedstuntedsubsistencethintighttightfistedunblessed withunderdevelopedundevelopedunnourishingunnutritiousunpossessed ofvoicelessvoid ofwantingwateredwatery
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5 entriesderived
5 entrieshas context
2 entriesmanner of
1 entriesrelated to
7 entriessimilar
2 entriesTranslations
48 translations across 17 languages.
Bulgarian
3 entries- ограничен adj (not plentiful, scarcely sufficient)
- оскъден adj (not plentiful, scarcely sufficient)
- твърде малък det (very little)
Czech
4 entries- malý adj (not plentiful, scarcely sufficient)
- nedostatečný adj (not plentiful, scarcely sufficient)
- pouhý adj (not plentiful, scarcely sufficient)
- pramalý det (very little)
Danish
4 entries- knap adj (not plentiful, scarcely sufficient)
- knap adj (not plentiful, scarcely sufficient)
- mager adj (not plentiful, scarcely sufficient)
- mager adj (not plentiful, scarcely sufficient)
Dutch
4 entries- krap adj (not plentiful, scarcely sufficient)
- mager adj (not plentiful, scarcely sufficient)
- schaars adj (not plentiful, scarcely sufficient)
- schamel adj (not plentiful, scarcely sufficient)
Esperanto
3 entries- malabunda adj (not plentiful, scarcely sufficient)
- preskaŭ nesufiĉa adj (not plentiful, scarcely sufficient)
- malmultete det (very little)
Finnish
2 entries- niukka adj (not plentiful, scarcely sufficient)
- niukka det (very little)
French
3 entries- insuffisant det (very little)
- maigre det (very little)
- rare det (very little)
German
4 entries- dürftig det (very little)
- gering det (very little)
- kaum det (very little)
- knapp det (very little)
Hebrew
1 entries- מעט מאוד det (very little)
Italian
2 entries- esiguo det (very little)
- scarso det (very little)
Portuguese
1 entries- escasso det (very little)
Romanian
4 entries- aproape suficient adj (not plentiful, scarcely sufficient)
- economicos adj (not plentiful, scarcely sufficient)
- limitat adj (not plentiful, scarcely sufficient)
- parcimonios adj (not plentiful, scarcely sufficient)
Russian
1 entries- недоста́точный det (very little)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- gann det (very little)
Spanish
3 entries- escaso adj (not plentiful, scarcely sufficient)
- magro adj (not plentiful, scarcely sufficient)
- exiguo det (very little)
Swedish
1 entries- knapp adj (not plentiful, scarcely sufficient)
Thai
1 entries- อันน้อยนิด adj (not plentiful, scarcely sufficient)
Sample sentences
31 total sentences available.
Scant difference.
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The volunteer firefighters fought the blaze bravely, with scant regard for their own safety.
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"Have you heard about panpsychism?" "No, what's that?" "It's the idea that everything, at some level, has the aspect of mind." "You mean even this pillow?" "Yeah, at a scant level maybe, even that pillow has some mind. It's kind of Animistic."
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