scantness meaning

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scantness (noun): the quality of being meager.

Definition of scantness

  1. the quality of being meager
    • an exiguity of cloth that would only allow of miniature capes

    Synonyms: meagerness, meagreness, leanness, poorness, scantiness, exiguity

    Type of: insufficiency

    Kinds: wateriness, abstemiousness, sparseness

    Related forms: scant

Word lists: words starting with SC · words ending in SS · 9-letter words

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