scant
scant Lexical Profile
scant Game Scores & Validity
• adjective
Barely sufficient or adequate; very small in amount, quantity, or extent.
"The committee paid scant attention to the safety warnings submitted by the engineers."
Falling slightly short of a specified weight, volume, or measurement.
"The recipe calls for a scant cup of brown sugar and two teaspoons of vanilla extract."
• adverb
Barely, scarcely, or only just (typically modifying a quantifier or expression of time or distance).
"The new apartment building stands scant yards away from the historic train station."
• verb
To deal with inadequately or neglectfully; to provide or supply in an insufficient or grudging amount.
"The biographer scanted the author's early childhood in order to focus on her later literary achievements."
• Rhymes for scant
Word Origin & Etymology
Borrowed in Middle English from Old Norse 'skammr' (Specifically the neuter form 'skamt'), meaning 'short' or 'brief'.