terça-feira, 4 de março de 2014

Word of the day: Scant

Scant: restringir, cortar, limitar, mostrar-se avaro, escasso, apertado, parco,  insuficiente, deficiente, pouco

Synonyms: exiguous, niggardly, poor, meager, scanty, scarce, skimp, skimpy, slender, slim, spare, sparing, sparse, stingy

“Food was in scant supply.”
“She paid scant attention to the facts.”

“Police found scant evidence of fraud.” (www.merriam-webster.com)


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