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- Dictionaryscant/skant/
adjective
- 1. barely sufficient or adequate: "companies with scant regard for the safety of future generations"
verb
- 1. provide grudgingly or in insufficient amounts: North American "he does not scant his attention to the later writings"
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scant | American Dictionary. adjective [ not gradable ] us / skænt / Add to word list. very little or not much:
The meaning of SCANT is excessively frugal. How to use scant in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Scant.
You use scant to indicate that there is very little of something or not as much of something as there should be.
Scant definition: barely sufficient in amount or quantity; not abundant; almost inadequate. See examples of SCANT used in a sentence.
adjective [ not gradable ] us / skænt / Add to word list. very little or not much: I paid scant attention to the movie’s plot.
Scant is an adjective that means "a tiny amount," like your scant attendance at practice this week that results in being benched from the big game. Scant is also a verb, that means "to supply sparingly" — don't scant with the brownies, or I will keep asking for more.
Definition of scant adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
