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Scantiness

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Noun

1. exiguity, leanness, meagerness, meagreness, poorness, scantiness, scantness

the quality of being meager

Example Sentences:
'an exiguity of cloth that would only allow of miniature capes'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.


Scantiness

see synonyms of scantiness
adjectiveWord forms: scantier or scantiest
1. 
limited; barely enough; meagre
2. 
insufficient; inadequate
3. 
lacking fullness; small

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Scantiness

see synonyms of scantiness
adjectiveWord forms: ˈscantier or ˈscantiest
1. 
barely sufficient; not ample; meager
2. 
insufficient; not enough
3. 
narrow; small; close

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Scantiness

see synonyms of scantiness
adj. scant·i·er, scant·i·est
1. Small or insufficient in amount, size, or extent: scanty rations; scanty evidence.
2. Not covering a considerable amount of the body: a scanty bathing suit.

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