English-Danish translations for scant

• knap
  Desværre er dette problem knap nævnt i betænkningen. Unfortunately, there is scant reference to this in the report.
  Men disse regler er baseret på de enkelte institutioners gode vilje, der knap nok understøttes af Domstolens beslutninger. However, these procedures depend heavily on the good will of each institution, with scant backing from Court decisions.
  Som kontrast ledes Venezuela af en populistisk demagog, Hugo Chávez, der har knap tager hensyn til demokratiet og ytringsfriheden. In contrast, Venezuela is led by a populist demagogue, Hugo Chávez, who has shown scant regard for democracy and freedom of expression.
• mager
• meget lidt
  I forhold til erobringen af kosmos har der været ofret meget lidt opmærksomhed på verdenshavenes dyb, som bare måler nogle få kilometer. Compared to conquering the cosmos, scant attention has been paid to the ocean depths which measure only a few kilometres.

Definition of scant

• Very little, very few
• Not full, large, or plentiful; scarcely sufficient; scanty; meager; not enough
• Sparing; parsimonious; chary
• To limit in amount or share; to stint
• To fail, or become less; to scantle
• A block of stone sawn on two sides down to the bed level
• A slightly thinner measurement of a standard wood size
• With difficulty; scarcely; hardly
• Scarcity; lack

Examples

• After his previous escapades, Mary had scant reason to believe John.
• a scant allowance of provisions or water; a scant pattern of cloth for a garment
• to scant someone in provisions; to scant ourselves in the use of necessaries
• The wind scants.

Related words

• scanty
• scantily
• descant
• discant
• scantiness
• miscanthus
• coruscant
• scanty terse
• requiescant in pace