They are scant of money.
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Scant
/skænt/
Synonyms for "scant" (246 found)
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Closest matches (50)
Determiner(2 words)
a small numberfew
abstemiousangustifoliateangustirostrateangustisellateangustiseptalarrestedasceticausterebankrupt inbarebare ofbegrudgebereft ofboundcallowcheeseparingchinchychintzycircumscribedclose
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close-fittingconditionconfineconfinedconstrictedcontaincopyrightcrampcrampedcrowdeddefalcationdefectivedeficientdenuded ofdeprived ofdestitute ofdevoid ofdisciplinedraw the linedwarfeddwarfishembryonicempty ofexiguousfailingfamish
Strong matches (73)
Noun(5 words)
few cluesfew resourcesgerman dünnlow concentrationminute amount
Determiner(2 words)
few instancesfew people
for want offorlorn offrugalgrudgehedgehedge abouthypoplasticimmatureimpoverishedin arrearin arrearsin defaultin default ofin short supplyin want ofinadequateincapaciousincommodiousincompleteinfant
Adjective(18 words)
fractionalinadequateinsufficientlightlimited consultationlimited infrastructurelittlelittle earthlinglow yieldmaigremanymeagermeager evidencemeasliestmeaslymingyminimal legislationminuscule script
Related words (123)
niggardlyout ofout of pocketpaltryparsimoniouspartpartialpatchypatentpaucitypiddlingpinchpinch penniespoorpovertypremiumpunyqualifyrarerarefied
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registerrestrainrestrictrestrictedsave-allscampscant ofscantyscarcescarcenessscarcityscatteredscrappyscrawnyscrewscrimpscrimpingscrimpyseldom met withseldom seenshortshort ofshyshy ofsketchyskimpskimpingskimpyslenderslightslimsmallsparesparingsparsespartanspecializespottysprinkledstarvationstarvestingystintstintedstraitstraitenstraitenedstuntedsubsistencethintighttightfistedunblessed withunderdevelopedundevelopedunnourishingunnutritiousunpossessed ofvoicelessvoid ofwantingwateredwatery
Adjective(28 words)
paltrierpaltriestrare creaturescantestscantierscarcescarcerscrimpshortshort explanationskimpskimpierskimpiestslightestslimmestsmall quantitysmallestsparsesparse indicatorssparse matrix
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Adjective(1 words)
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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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