Related Words for scant

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short
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Adjective, Adjective
insufficient
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Adjective, Adjective
deficient
x/x
Adjective, Adjective
stint
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Adjective, Noun, Verb
light
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Verb, Adjective, Noun
cursory
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Adjective
meager
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Adjective
paltry
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Adjective
ample
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Adjective
modicum
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Noun
barest
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Adjective
sparse
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Adjective
paucity
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Noun
meagre
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Adjective
smattering
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Noun
measly
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Adjective
copious
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Adjective
discernable
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Adjective
scarce
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Adjective
substantial
x/x
Adjective
considerable
x/xxx
Adjective
merest
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Adjective
garnering
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Verb
sliver
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Noun
gleaned
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Verb
lacking
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Verb
requisite
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Adjective
limited
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Adjective
miniscule
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Adjective
adequate
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Adjective
tantalizing
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Adjective
whopping
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Adjective
disquieting
x/xx
Adjective
little
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Adjective
handful
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Noun
briefest
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Adjective
minuscule
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Adjective
glimmers
/x
Noun
rudimentary
xx/xx
Adjective
yielded
/x
Verb
scarcely
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Adverb
consolation
xx/x
Noun
vaguest
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Adjective
skimpy
/x
Adjective
perfunctory
x/xx
Adjective
modest
/x
Adjective
grudging
/x
Adjective
dearth
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Noun
sufficient
x/x
Adjective
spotty
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Adjective
minimal
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Adjective
gaining
/x
Verb
desultory
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Adjective
corroborating
x/xxx
Noun
startling
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Adjective
staggering
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Adjective
nary
/x
Noun
sketchy
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Adjective
barely
/x
Adverb
spare
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Adjective
pittance
/x
Noun
glimpses
/x
Noun
warranting
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Verb
fleeting
/x
Adjective
tantalising
/xxx
Adjective
hint
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Noun
plenty
/x
Noun
tepid
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Noun
semblance
/x
Noun
faintest
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Adjective
lingering
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Adjective
comparatively
x/xxx
Adverb
full
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Adjective
inkling
/x
Noun
awash
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Noun
solace
/x
Noun
evidence
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Noun
trickling
/x
Noun
dwindling
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Noun
unstinting
x/x
Adjective
proffering
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Verb
extra
/x
Adjective
remaining
x/x
Verb
given
/x
Verb
definite
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Adjective
disconcerting
xx/x
Adjective
bereft
x/
Noun
sprinkling
/x
Noun
squeeze
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Noun
devoting
x/x
Verb
accumulating
x/xxx
Noun
questionable
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Adjective
doling
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Verb
nonexistent
xx/x
Adjective
disappointingly
xx/xx
Adverb
astonishing
x/xx
Adjective
blistering
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Noun
patchy
/x
Adjective
stellar
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Noun
decent
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Adjective
hefty
/x
Adjective
indication
xx/x
Noun
slight
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Adjective
fragmentary
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Adjective
gathering
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Noun
shockingly
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Adverb
fulsome
/x
Adjective
bountiful
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Noun
solid
/x
Adjective
replete
x/
Adverb
withhold
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Verb
affording
x/x
Verb
shrift
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Noun
shrank
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Verb
incontestable
xx/xx
Adjective
negligible
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Adjective
amassing
x/x
Noun
extensive
x/x
Adjective
sizable
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Adjective
preponderance
x/x
Noun
rundown
/x
Noun
devoid
x/
Noun
showing
/x
Verb
scrutinizing
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Verb
provide
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Verb
stingy
/x
Adjective
thin
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Adjective
scare
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Noun
poor
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Adjective
rare
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Adjective
hungry
/x
Adjective
inexact
xx/
Adjective
small
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Adjective
pitiful
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Adjective
mycelium
x/xx
Verb
tablespoon
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Noun
teaspoon
/x
Noun
heed
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Verb
teaspoonful
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Noun
cytoplasm
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Noun
herbage
/x
Noun
cellularity
/x/xx
Noun
regard
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Noun
abundant
x/x
Adjective
feeble
/x
Adjective, Verb
few
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Noun
inadequate
x/xx
Adjective, Noun
inconsiderable
xx/xxx
Adjective
infrequent
x/x
Adjective
insignificant
xx/xx
Adjective
insubstantial
xx/x
Adjective
insufficiency
xx/xx
Noun
lean
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Adjective, Verb, Noun
low
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Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb
minimum
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Noun, Adjective
minor
/x
Adjective, Noun, Verb
miserly
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Adjective
more
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Adverb, Noun, Verb
narrow
/x
Adjective, Noun, Verb
penalty
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Noun
pocket
/x
Noun, Verb, Adjective
skimmed
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Adjective
skinny
/x
Adjective, Noun, Verb
slender
/x
Adjective
slim
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Adjective, Noun, Verb
tenuous
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Adjective
tight
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Adjective, Adverb, Verb
tiny
/x
Adjective, Noun
trifling
/x
Adjective, Noun
uncommon
x/x
Adjective, Adverb
weak
/
Adjective
bulletproof
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Adjective, Verb
shirtless
/x
Adjective
milestone
/x
Noun, Verb
die
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Verb, Noun