Englisch-Holländisch Übersetzung für scant
- geringLord Judd stelde in zijn rapport aan de Parlementaire Vergadering van de Raad van Europa vast dat de vorderingen die vorig jaar op dit gebied geboekt zijn, gering zijn. Lord Judd stated in the report communicated to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, that the progress observed in this field over the last year had been scant.
- karigDe begroting van de Unie maakt slechts 1% uit van het communautair bruto binnenlands product, maar 16% van die karige middelen is niet uitgegeven, met andere woorden ze zijn gespaard. Even though the Union budget is just 1% of the Community gross domestic product, 16% of these scant appropriations were unused, in other words, saved.
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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