Synonym: light, scant, short, skimp, stint. Similar words: scan, scare, scared, scandal, scale, scary, fiscal, scatter. Meaning: [skænt] v. 1. work hastily or carelessly; deal with inadequately and superficially 2. limit in quality or quantity 3. supply sparingly and with restricted quantities. adj. less than the correct or legal or full amount often deliberately so.
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61. If she stays she is trapped in a marriage and lifestyle which offers scant prospect of achieving personal happiness.
62. I have a poor salary, no job security, and scant recognition of my skills.
63. While most mistakes should be ignored or given scant acknowledgement, there are times when parental intervention may be useful.
64. The experimental protocol was indeed there, but the actual details seemed surprisingly scant.
65. Assumptions concerning this subject abound, but many of these assumptions are based on scant evidence.
66. When irrigation purposely was scant, differences were even greater: 50 percent for cotton and 20 percent for wheat.
67. What scant experience I had of affairs of the heart and loins had taught me nothing, thankfully. Sentencedict.com
68. Many people in the U.S. give scant attention to European affairs.
69. When these machines first became available, there was scant interest by manufacturers in developing country markets and applications.
70. He saw no fire suppression, but scant brush and ample spacing of pines where wildfires regularly moved through the forests.
71. The plot of Raving Beauties is almost as scant as the girls' costumes.
72. Some conversations of couples, whether affectionate or belligerent, have scant informational content.
73. They pay scant attention to the facts, rarely being bothered to research them or substantiate them.
74. It therefore bears scant resemblance to human relationships as we know them.
75. The problem of her scant appearances in the New Testament was readily solved by early church scholars.
76. OnMoney, its financial portal, has generated scant interest despite Dollars 100m of investment.
77. Scant public attention has greeted the arrival of the children.
78. As a result this very large pay-out to 1.4m families has made scant impact on public consciousness.
79. We had a scant hour to pack.
80. He received scant compassion or even understanding.
81. Don't scant the butter when you make a cake.
82. There was a scant spoonful of sugar.
83. Tom's family was scant of money.
84. As a healer of bodies I had scant success.
85. The general had to scant his men's rations.
86. Traditional manorial organization provided scant encouragement for economic growth.
87. He paid scant attention to my warnings.
88. Use a scant cup of flour.
89. The tumor is characterized by lakes of stromal mucin containing scant malignant epithelial cells.
90. A scant 700 feet off the water, the flight engineer was able to restart a second engine.