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- Dictionaryscant/skant/
adjective
- 1. barely sufficient or adequate: "companies with scant regard for the safety of future generations"
verb
- 1. provide grudgingly or in insufficient amounts: North American "he does not scant his attention to the later writings"
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The meaning of SCANT is excessively frugal. How to use scant in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Scant.
scant | American Dictionary. adjective [ not gradable ] us / skænt / Add to word list. very little or not much: I paid scant attention to the movie’s plot.
Scant definition: barely sufficient in amount or quantity; not abundant; almost inadequate. See examples of SCANT used in a sentence.
You use scant to indicate that there is very little of something or not as much of something as there should be.
Scant is an adjective that means "a tiny amount," like your scant attendance at practice this week that results in being benched from the big game. Scant is also a verb, that means "to supply sparingly" — don't scant with the brownies, or I will keep asking for more.
adjective [ not gradable ] us / skænt / Add to word list. very little or not much: I paid scant attention to the movie’s plot. Scant can also mean not quite a full measure of something:
1. To give an inadequate portion or allowance to: had to scant the older children in order to nourish the newborn. 2. To limit, as in amount or share; stint: Our leisure time is scanted by this demanding job. 3. To deal with or treat inadequately or neglectfully; slight. [Middle English, from Old Norse skamt, neuter of skammr, short.] scant′ly adv.
Inadequate in size or amount; not enough; meager. Showing scant regard for the law. Webster's New World. Not quite up to full measure. Measuring a scant meter across. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. Inadequately supplied; short. We were scant of breath after the lengthy climb.
A complete guide to the word "SCANT": definitions, pronunciations, synonyms, grammar insights, collocations, examples, and translations.
5 days ago · Not full, large, or plentiful; scarcely sufficient; scanty; meager. a scant allowance of provisions or water; a scant pattern of cloth for a garment. Sparing; parsimonious; chary. (cooking, of a measurement) Slightly diminished; just short of the amount described.
