Related Words for scanty

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meager
/x
Adjective, Adjective
bare
/
Adjective, Adjective
spare
/
Adjective, Adjective
panty
/x
Adjective, Noun
meagre
/x
Noun, Adjective
sparse
/
Adjective
skimpy
/x
Adjective
scarce
/
Adjective
copious
/xx
Adjective
patchy
/x
Adjective
paucity
/xx
Noun
profuse
x/
Adjective
bountiful
/xx
Noun
spotty
/x
Adjective
ample
/x
Adjective
fragmentary
/xxx
Adjective
desultory
/xxx
Adjective
sketchy
/x
Adjective
pallid
/x
Adjective
luxuriant
x/xx
Adjective
threadbare
/x
Adjective
modest
/x
Adjective
comparatively
x/xxx
Adverb
cursory
/xx
Adjective
insufficient
xx/x
Adjective
adequate
/xx
Adjective
trifling
/x
Adjective
abundant
x/x
Adjective
profusion
x/x
Noun
pickings
/x
Noun
voluminous
x/xx
Adjective
furnishes
/xx
Verb
supplementary
xx/xx
Noun
dense
/
Adjective
wearisome
/xx
Adjective
inadequate
x/xx
Adjective
straitened
/x
Adjective
underclothes
/x/
Noun
lacking
/x
Verb
disconcertingly
xx/xx
Adverb
contradictory
xx/xx
Adjective
choicest
/x
Adjective
smattering
/xx
Noun
paltry
/x
Adjective
creditable
/xxx
Adjective
parsimonious
xx/xx
Adjective
deficient
x/x
Adjective
disquieting
x/xx
Adjective
plentiful
/xx
Adjective
superfluity
/x/xx
Noun
evidences
/xxx
Noun
replete
x/
Adverb
scattered
/x
Adjective
rudimentary
xx/xx
Adjective
corroborative
x/xxx
Adjective
disputable
x/xx
Adjective
tantalizing
/xxx
Adjective
dearth
/
Noun
substantial
x/x
Adjective
titillating
/xxx
Adjective
obscure
x/
Adjective
feeble
/x
Adjective
limited
/xx
Adjective
thin
/
Adjective
judicious
x/x
Adjective
remunerative
x/xxx
Adjective
coarse
/
Adjective
florid
/x
Adjective
satisfactory
xx/x
Adjective
questionable
/xxx
Adjective
inconsistent
xx/x
Adjective
insubstantial
xx/x
Adjective
extensive
x/x
Adjective
conflicting
x/x
Adjective
procure
x/
Verb
indeterminate
xx/xx
Adjective
injudicious
xx/x
Adjective
straggling
/xx
Noun
incomplete
xx/
Adjective
incontestable
xx/xx
Adjective
ragged
/x
Adjective
cheerless
/x
Adjective
accumulation
xxx/x
Noun
ascertain
xx/
Verb
spasmodic
x/x
Adjective
multitudinous
/x/xx
Adjective
dismal
/x
Adjective
short
/
Adjective
stingy
/x
Adjective
light
/
Noun
scare
/
Noun
measly
/x
Adjective
inexact
xx/
Adjective
poor
/
Adjective
weak
/
Adjective
sickly
/x
Adjective
truncated
/xx
Adjective
underused
xx/
Adjective
under
/x
Adverb, Adjective, Noun
pitiful
/xx
Adjective
minced
/
Adjective
imperfect
x/x
Adjective
vague
/
Adjective
slight
/
Adjective
few and far between
///x/
Phrase, Adjective
rare
/
Adjective
pittance
/x
Noun
herbage
/x
Noun
pubic
/x
Noun
bikinis
x/x
Noun
cytoplasm
/xxx
Noun
larder
/x
Noun
menses
/x
Noun
subsistence
x/x
Noun
rill
/
Noun
pasturage
/xx
Noun
menstruation
xx/x
Noun
urination
/x/x
Noun
loincloth
/x
Noun
rations
/x
Noun
wardrobe
/x
Noun
endosperm
/xx
Noun
sputum
/x
Noun
dole
/
Noun
livelihood
/xx
Noun
urine
/x
Noun
rainfall
/x
Noun
advanced
x/
Adjective
arid
/x
Adjective
barren
/x
Adjective, Noun
carry
/x
Verb, Noun
cloudy
/x
Adjective
detailed
x/
Adjective, Noun
docs
/
Noun
entire
x/x
Adjective, Noun
few
/
Noun
floating
/x
Adjective, Noun
free
/
Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb
heavy
/x
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
inconclusive
xx/x
Adjective
lean
/
Adjective, Verb, Noun
little
/x
Adjective, Adverb, Noun
motionless
/xx
Adjective
nothing
/x
Noun, Adverb, Adjective
open
/x
Adjective, Verb, Noun
read
/
Verb, Noun
scrawny
/x
Adjective
serve
/
Verb, Noun
shadowy
/xx
Adjective
skinny
/x
Adjective, Noun, Verb
tending
/x
Noun
uncertain
x/x
Adjective, Noun
uncommon
x/x
Adjective, Adverb
watery
/xx
Adjective
bulletproof
/xx
Adjective, Verb
milestone
/x
Noun, Verb
shirtless
/x
Adjective
die
/
Verb, Noun