scant
adjective/skænt/
/skænt/
[only before noun]- hardly any; not very much and not as much as there should be
- I paid scant attention to what she was saying.
- The firefighters went back into the house with scant regard for their own safety.
- There is scant evidence for this view.
Oxford Collocations DictionaryScant is used with these nouns:- attention
- evidence
- mention
- …
Word OriginMiddle English: from Old Norse skamt, neuter of skammr ‘short’.
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