scant

English Thesaurus

1. supply sparingly and with restricted quantities (verb.possession)

hypernym	:	furnish, provide, render, supply,
definition	:	give something useful or necessary to (verb.possession)

2. limit in quality or quantity (verb.social)

hypernym	:	restrict,
definition	:	place under restrictions; limit access to (verb.social)

3. work hastily or carelessly; deal with inadequately and superficially (verb.social)

hypernym	:	work,
definition	:	exert oneself by doing mental or physical work for a purpose or out of necessity (verb.social)

4. less than the correct or legal or full amount often deliberately so (adj.all)

similar	:	deficient, insufficient,
definition	:	of a quantity not able to fulfill a need or requirement (adj.all)

5. supply sparingly and with restricted quantities (verb.possession)

derivation	:	stinter,
definition	:	an economizer who stints someone with something (noun.person)

6. work hastily or carelessly; deal with inadequately and superficially (verb.social)

also	:	gloss over, skate over, skimp over, slur over, smooth over,
definition	:	treat hurriedly or avoid dealing with properly (verb.social)

7. less than the correct or legal or full amount often deliberately so (adj.all)

derivation	:	exiguity, leanness, meagerness, meagreness, poorness, scantiness, scantness,
definition	:	the quality of being meager (noun.attribute)

8. supply sparingly and with restricted quantities (verb.possession)

derivation	:	stinter,
definition	:	an economizer who stints someone with something (noun.person)

9. work hastily or carelessly; deal with inadequately and superficially (verb.social)

also	:	gloss over, skate over, skimp over, slur over, smooth over,
definition	:	treat hurriedly or avoid dealing with properly (verb.social)

10. less than the correct or legal or full amount often deliberately so (adj.all)

derivation	:	exiguity, leanness, meagerness, meagreness, poorness, scantiness, scantness,
definition	:	the quality of being meager (noun.attribute)