scant

adj., scant·er, scant·est.

1. Barely sufficient: paid scant attention to the lecture.
2. Falling short of a specific measure: a scant cup of sugar.
3. Inadequately supplied; short: We were scant of breath after the lengthy climb.

tr.v., scant·ed, scant·ing, scants.

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.]

scantly scant'ly adv.
scantness scant'ness n.

adjective

1. Just sufficient: bare. See excess/insufficiency/enough.
2. Conspicuously deficient in quantity, fullness, or extent: exiguous, meager, poor, puny, scanty, skimpy, spare, sparse, stingy, thin. Slang measly. See big/small/amount, excess/insufficiency/enough.

Said of lumber, panels, etc., somewhat short of a specified dimension; bare.

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The verb has 3 meanings:

Meaning #1: work hastily or carelessly; deal with inadequately and superficially
  Synonym: skimp

Meaning #2: limit in quality or quantity
  Synonym: skimp

Meaning #3: supply sparingly, with a meager allowance
  Synonyms: stint, skimp

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The adjective scant has one meaning:

Meaning #1: less than the correct or legal or full amount often deliberately so
  Synonyms: light, short

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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - knap, kneben, sparsom
v. tr. - knibe på, være kneben med

Nederlands (Dutch)
karig, schraal, beperkt, nauwelijks, schavuit, bezuinigen, zuinig zijn, slecht voorzien van

Français (French)
adj. - maigre, insuffisant
v. tr. - limiter/diminuer, fournir avec parcimonie/avec insuffisance, lésiner, traiter à la légère/de manière inappropriée

Deutsch (German)
adj. - wenig, knapp
v. - (zu) knapp ausstatten

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - ανεπαρκής, πενιχρός, λιγοστός, αραιός, λειψός
adv. - σχεδόν τίποτα
v. - τσιγκουνεύομαι

Italiano (Italian)
scarso, gretto

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - deficiente
v. - restringir

Русский (Russian)
скудный, недостаточный, ограниченный, малый, урезывать, ограничивать, скупиться (на что-л.), обращаться пренебрежительно или оскорбительно

Español (Spanish)
adj. - escaso, insuficiente, limitado
v. tr. - escatimar

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - knapp, ringa, snålt tilltagen, sparsam, knapphändig, minimal
adv. - knappt, sparsamt, knapphändigt, minimalt
v. - knappa in på, snåla på, minska, inskränka, skralna (sjö)

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
不充分的, 不足的, 减少, 限制, 吝啬

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 不充分的, 不足的
v. tr. - 減少, 限制, 吝嗇

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 불충분한, 인색한, 모자라는 듯한
v. tr. - (공급, 수량을) 줄이다, 내놓지 않다, 아무렇게나 다루다

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 乏しい, 足りない, 逆風の, 不足の
v. - 減らす, 出し惜しむ

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) بخيل (ظرف) قليل ألحظ (فعل) يخفض, يقلل‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮מועט, זעום, מצומצם, בקושי‬
v. tr. - ‮קימץ, צמצם, קיצץ‬

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