scant
adjective
[ skant ]
• barely sufficient or adequate.
• "companies with scant regard for the safety of future generations"
Similar:
little,
little or no,
minimal,
hardly any,
limited,
negligible,
barely sufficient,
meagre,
insufficient,
too little,
not enough,
inadequate,
deficient,
exiguous,
scant
verb
• provide grudgingly or in insufficient amounts.
• "he does not scant his attention to the later writings"
Origin:
Middle English: from Old Norse skamt, neuter of skammr ‘short’.
