scanty
adjective/ˈskænti/
/ˈskænti/
(comparative scantier, superlative scantiest)
- too little in amount for what is needed
- Details of his life are scanty.
- His theory is based on rather scanty evidence.
- (of clothes) very small and not covering much of your body
- a scanty bikini
Word Originlate 16th cent.: from scant + -y.
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