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   scant

   /skant/

   adjective

   • 1. barely sufficient or adequate: "companies with scant regard for the safety of future generations"
   • ▪ barely amounting to a specified number or quantity: "she weighed a scant two pounds"

   verb

   • 1. provide grudgingly or in insufficient amounts: North American "he does not scant his attention to the later writings"
   • ▪ deal with inadequately; neglect: North American "the press regularly scants a host of issues relating to safety and health"

   Word Origin Middle English: from Old Norse skamt, neuter of skammr ‘short’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. scantly adverb
   • 2. scantness noun

   Scrabble Points: 7

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