Englisch-Finnisch Übersetzung für scant
- niukkaOlen samaa mieltä hänen kanssaan siitä, että Tanskan ehdotuksesta puuttuu kunnianhimoa ja että sen sisältö on niukka. I agree with his criticism of the Danish proposal's lack of ambition and scant substance.
Definition für scant
- Very little, very few
- Not full, large, or plentiful; scarcely sufficient; scanty; meager; not enough
- Sparing; parsimonious; chary
- To limit in amount or share; to stint
- To fail, or become less; to scantle
- A block of stone sawn on two sides down to the bed level
- A slightly thinner measurement of a standard wood size
- With difficulty; scarcely; hardly
- Scarcity; lack
Anwendungsbeispiele
- After his previous escapades, Mary had scant reason to believe John.
- a scant allowance of provisions or water; a scant pattern of cloth for a garment
- to scant someone in provisions; to scant ourselves in the use of necessaries
- The wind scants.
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