scant
/skænt/adjective
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अल्प, बहुत कम, अपर्याप्त
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[usually before noun]
hardly any; not very much and not as much as there should be
अल्प, बहुत कम, अपर्याप्त
- The authorities paid scant attention to the complaints.
- There is scant evidence that the rumour is true.
- The students showed scant interest in the lecture.
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- He had scant respect for the rules.
- Scant rainfall this year has worried the farmers.
Synonyms little limited meagre scarce insufficient
Opposite abundant ample plentiful sufficient
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Keep the too-little words together: scant, scanty, meagre, sparse (thinly spread), paltry (very small), negligible.
बहुत कम के शब्द साथ याद रखिए: scant, scanty, meagre, sparse (बिखरा हुआ), paltry (बहुत छोटा), negligible।
Keep apart scant (very little) and scanty, and skimpy (too small, of clothes).
Scant (बहुत कम), scanty और skimpy (कपड़ों के लिए बहुत छोटा) को अलग रखिए।
“Collocations, idioms and sayings
Scant attention, scant regard, scant respect, scant evidence.
Collocations: scant attention (बहुत कम ध्यान), scant regard (बहुत कम परवाह), scant respect (बहुत कम सम्मान), scant evidence (बहुत कम सबूत)। scant का अर्थ है नाम-मात्र का।