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Adjective scant has 1 sense
- light, scant, short - less than the correct or legal or full amount often deliberately so; "a light pound"; "a scant cup of sugar"; "regularly gives short weight"
Antonym: sufficient (indirect, via insufficient)
Verb scant has 3 senses
- skimp, scant - work hastily or carelessly; deal with inadequately and superficially
--1 is one way to work
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s
- scant, skimp - limit in quality or quantity
--2 is one way to restrict
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
- stint, skimp, scant - supply sparingly and with restricted quantities; "sting with the allowance"
--3 is one way to supply, provide, render, furnish
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s
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