We refer to an amount or thing that is not quite enough as scanty, or lacking. It's an adjective used to describe something that doesn't offer enough, as in "farmers having a scanty crop in a drought year."
Wanting amplitude or extent; narrow; small; not abundant.
Noun
short underpants for women or children (usually used in the plural)
Adjective S.
lacking in amplitude or quantity; "a bare livelihood"; "a scanty harvest"; "a spare diet"
a.
Wanting amplitude or extent; narrow; small; not abundant.
a.
Somewhat less than is needed; insufficient; scant; as, a
scanty supply of words; a scanty supply of bread.
a.
Sparing; niggardly; parsimonious.
Scanty
his dominions were very narrow and scanty.
Now scantier limits the proud arch confine.2.
In illustrating a point of difficulty, be not too scanty of words.
Wanting amplitude or extent; narrow; small; not abundant.
Usage Examples
How pathetically scanty my self-knowledge is compared with, say, my knowledge of my room. There is no such thing as observation of the inner world, as there is of the outer world.
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