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scanty
small or insufficient in amount
In more detail
1. (adjective) small in amount or quantity; not enough
2. (adjective) short and showing more of the body than is usual or proper
Examples
- 1. The refugees survived on scanty food rations.
- 2. She wore a scanty bikini at the beach.
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