Existing or available in inadequate or barely sufficient amount, quantity, or degree; stinted in measure, not abundant. Said of commodities, esp…
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| 释义 | the world > relative properties > quantity > insufficiency > [adjective] > limited in quantity or amount > not abundant (8) scanta1400 Existing or available in inadequate or barely sufficient amount, quantity, or degree; stinted in measure, not abundant. Said of commodities, esp… thin1508 Of the members of a collective group or class: Not numerous or abundant; scarce, rare, few, scanty. Opposed to thick, adj. 5. Obsolete. rare1584 Esp. of a thing or things not regarded as members of a class or type: occurring infrequently… Originally of material objects: placed or stationed… thin-sown1590 Sown or planted thinly; literal said of plants, or a crop; figurative scattered at wide intervals, scarce; also, of a field or territory: scantily… scanty1674 Existing or present in small or insufficient quantity; not abundant. †Of wind: = scarce, adj. 1b. infrequenta1682 Occurring or met with at wide distances apart; not plentiful; rather few and far between. bare-boned1828 figurative. Reduced to or comprising only the basic or essential elements of something; sparse, basic, simple, minimal. sparse1871 Characterized by sparseness or scantiness. |
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