Subdue desire, and bridle loose delight; / Use scanted diet, and forbeare your fill […]
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Scanted
Synonyms for "scanted" (197 found)
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disciplinedraw the linedwarfeddwarfishembryonicempty ofexiguousfailingfamishfewfor want offorlorn offrugalgeasongrudgehedgehedge abouthypoplasticimmatureimpoverished
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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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[…] their generations are neither extinct nor scanted, but are as plentiful as any Creatures on the Land.
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