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Scanty: meaning, example and synonyms

Scantyadj. Barely sufficient in amount or extent; meager.

Flashcard for Scanty (adjective): barely sufficient in amount or extent; meager. Example: Because the surviving records are scanty, historians must reconstruct the village's early economy from a few tax rolls and a handful of letters. Synonyms: meager, sparse, scant, insufficient. Antonyms: abundant, ample, plentiful, copious. Memory tip: Scanty = scant: just a scrap, never quite enough. Illustration: a historian in a sweater at a very large, empty wooden table with only two small yellowed papers on it, looking puzzled.

Example

Because the surviving records are scanty, historians must reconstruct the village's early economy from a few tax rolls and a handful of letters.

Part of speech
adjective
Synonyms
meager, sparse, scant, insufficient
Antonyms
abundant, ample, plentiful, copious
Memory tip
Scanty = scant: just a scrap, never quite enough.

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Question 1

Because rainfall in the region is ______, rarely exceeding a few centimeters a year, the plants there store water in thick, waxy leaves.

Question 2

Evidence for the theory remains ______: researchers have only a handful of fossil fragments, none of them complete enough to settle the question.

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