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Showing words for SCANTNESS using the English dictionary

9 Letter Words for Scantness

scantness

7 Letter Words for Scantness

ascents, assents, cessant, nascent, secants, snastes, stances

6 Letter Words for Scantness

anenst, annect, ascent, assent, assets, cannes, cannet, casten, castes, centas, cestas, enacts, nances, sanest, scants, scenas, scents, secant, sennas, snaste, stance, stanes, stases, steans, tasses, tensas

5 Letter Words for Scantness

acnes, anent, annet, antes, asses, asset, canes, canns, canst, cants, cases, casse, caste, casts, cates, cents, cesta, csnet, easts, enact, etnas, nance, nanes, nants, nates, neats, nenta, nests, sanct, sanes, sants, sasse, sates, scans, scant, scase, scats, sceat, scena, scent, seans, seats, sects, senas, senna, sensa, sents, sessa, snast, stane, stean, stens, taces, tasse

4 Letter Words for Scantness

aces, acne, acts, ance, anes, anet, anne, anns, ante, ants, asse, assn, asst, ates, cane, cann, cans, cant, case, cass, cast, cate, cats, ceas, cens, cent, cess, cest, eans, east, eats, esca, ests, etas, etna, nace, nane, nant, nast, nats, neat, ness, nest, nets, nsec, sacs, sane, sans, sant, sass, sate, scan, scat, scet, sean, seas, seat, secs, sect, sena, sens, sent, sess, seta, sets, sten, tace, taen, tane, tans, tass, tean, teas, teca, tens

3 Letter Words for Scantness

ace, act, aes, anc, ane, ann, ans, ant, ase, ass, ast, ate, can, cat, cen, cns, cst, cte, ctn, cts, ean, eas, eat, ect, enc, ens, esc, ess, est, eta, etc, nae, nas, nat, nea, net, nne, sac, san, sat, sct, sea, sec, sen, set, sse, sta, tan, tas, tea, tec, ten, tes, tss

Definitions for Scantness

[1] barely sufficient in amount or quantity; not abundant; almost inadequate: to do scant justice.
[2] limited; meager; not large: a scant amount.
[3] barely amounting to as much as indicated: a scant two hours; a scant cupful.
[4] having an inadequate or limited supply (usually followed by of ): scant of breath.
[5] to make scant; diminish.
[6] to stint the supply of; withhold.
[7] to treat slightly or inadequately.
[8] Scot. and North England Dialect . scarcely; barely; hardly.
[9] scarcely sufficient; limited he paid her scant attention
[10] (prenominal) slightly short of the amount indicated; bare a scant ten inches
[11] (postpositive foll by of ) having a short supply (of)
[12] to limit in size or quantity
[13] to provide with a limited or inadequate supply of
[14] to treat in a slighting or inadequate manner
[15] scarcely; barely

Words related to Scantness

scantscarcity, lack, defect, dearth, deficiency, shortcoming, want, inadequacy, deficit, weakness, paucity, failure, insufficiency, curtailment, shortfall, pinch, lapse, scantiness, poverty, leanness

Words nearby Scantness

scantscanning line, scanning probe microscope, scanning tunneling microscope, scansion, scansorial, scant, scantling, scantlings, scanty, scanzoni's maneuver, scapa flow

Origin of Scantness

1325–75; Middle English (adj.) < Old Norse skamt, neuter of skammr short

Other words from Scantness

scant·ly , adverb
scant·ness , noun

Word origin for Scantness

C14: from Old Norse skamt, from skammr /short; related to Old High German scam

Synonyms for Scantness

curtailment, dearth, defalcation, defect, deficiency, deficit, failure, inadequacy, insufficiency, lack, lapse, leanness, paucity, pinch, poverty, scantiness, scarceness, scarcity, shortcoming, shortfall, tightness, want, weakness, underage