
Meaning of SCANTINESS
| Pronunciation: | | sk'anteenus
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WordNet Dictionary |
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[n] the quality of being meager; "an exiguity of cloth that would only allow of miniature capes"-George Eliot |
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SCANTINESS is a 10 letter word that starts with S. |
| | Synonyms: | | exiguity, meagerness, meagreness, poorness, scantness |
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| | See Also: | | deficiency, inadequacy, insufficiency, spareness, sparseness, sparsity | |
Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Scant"i*ness\, n.
Quality or condition of being scanty.
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