scant
30
5.5
- adjective
- /skænt/
:
escaso
- Anyway, I'm paying only scant attention because in this part of town, we get all kinds.
- scant attention
- scant evidence
- scant research
Now that's remarkable because there really is a, there's really scant evidence of reigniting inflation.
- Now that's remarkable because there really is a, there's really scant evidence of reigniting inflation.
- The reports that maca increases testosterone are somewhat scant and a little bit weak to be honest.
- You're right that we have made scant process in the most important metric of cancer, which is overall survival.
Examples
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Martinson reported that there existed scant evidence of positive effects resulting from correction programs.
Academic text (2011) -
Hence, this literature often gives scant attention to the roles that external or international factors play.
Academic text (1994) -
Only a scant number have played it but, uh, every few years or so, it always ends up back here.
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I can offer only scant protection to the convoy.
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Based on these findings, there appears to be scant evidence for publication bias in this research domain.
Academic text (2015) -
She is a brilliant artist who earns a scant living teaching art in her small town.
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The reservation is one generation away from having Ojibwemowin spoken by a scant handful of people.
Academic text (2011) -
Previous authors had paid scant attention to house cleaning, but this chore was one of Beecher's central concerns.
Academic text (2015) -
Leonard's images are poignant re-creations of a life of which we have scant evidence.
Academic text (2012) -
The charity received scant donations this year, which made it difficult to support its programs.
Synonyms
∞
1.0
To a very small degree
∞
1.0
Not large in size or amount
∞
1.0
Not having enough of what is needed
∞
1.0
Not enough in amount or level
838
1.0
Not good enough in quality or amount
594
1.2
Small in amount or degree
122
3.5
Only just enough, with no extra things
118
4.4
Not enough or not good enough to do what is needed
87
2.0
Small in amount or number, not large
86
3.6
Not enough in amount or quality to meet a need
65
4.7
Poor and in bad condition with little value
56
3.4
Very small and weak, not impressive
48
4.8
Too small in amount or quality to be enough
35
4.3
Not having enough of something needed
29
6.3
Too small to be useful
22
7.1
Very small and not important, not worth paying attention to
12
7.0
Weighing less than the correct or expected amount
5
5.3
Too small in amount or size for what is needed
2
6.6
A small amount or number that is barely enough
Antonyms
How Small
Surface Forms
Etymology
Scant as an adjective comes from the same old idea of 'short' or 'not enough', like in the related word scanty, so a scant amount is one that is barely enough or smaller than expected.