English-Swedish translations for scant

• knapphändig
  Endast knapphändig information har mottagits.Only scant information has been received.
  Det finns knapphändig vägledning för lokala myndigheters tillämpning i fråga om hur de bör hantera de ofta mycket goda målen när dessa är motstridiga.There is scant guidance in terms of application for local authorities as to how they should deal with the often very worthy aims when they do conflict.
  Det är omöjligt att utifrån de knapphändiga uppgifter som offentliggjorts dra några säkra slutsatser.
• skral

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