Meaning of SCANTNESS
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| | Definition: | | [n] the quality of being meager; "an exiguity of cloth that would only allow of miniature capes"-George Eliot |
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| | Synonyms: | | exiguity, meagerness, meagreness, poorness, scantiness |
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| | See Also: | | deficiency, inadequacy, insufficiency, spareness, sparseness, sparsity | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Scant"ness\, n.
The quality or condition of being scant; narrowness;
smallness; insufficiency; scantiness. ``Scantness of outward
things.'' --Barrow.
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