Her boss had scant regard for the employees opinions. Another great example sentence would be, she had scant regard for who she hurt with her lies.
It is trying to mean "though you had little money," but it doesn't, quite. Scant refers to quantity or amount. Normally we would say something like Though the money in your wallet was scant, or if we wanted a figure of speech Though your wallet was thin.
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The marooned passengers were concerned by the scant food supplies on the island. The professor paid scant notice to the complaints about his teaching.
Onions were scant at the grocer's, again.
We were scant of breath after the lengthy climb.
Nothing.
I don't see how they derive that much information from such scant evidence.
"Scant" is not a type of flour. "Scant" is a cooking term that means "almost" or "just slightly less than." A recipe would not call for "scant flour" but a "scant cup" or a "scant Tablespoon" of flour, meaning not quite a cup or not quite a Tablespoon.
A scant of sugar is a very small amount of sugar.
Ricky lee Jones is a scant singer....
Barely amounting to as much as indicated - example: a scant two hours; a scant cupful. Having an inadequate or limited supply - example - (usually followed by of ): scant of breath.
A scant of oil is...not enough, or barely a sufficient amount.
Scant milk means "milk just barely".
scant 3/8 cup sugar