Synonyms for scanty

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scanty implies an inadequacy in amount, number, quantity, etc. of something essential a scanty supply of paper; scant is applied to a barely sufficient amount or a stinted quantity the scant attendance at the concert; spare implies less than a sufficient amount but may connote simply lack of abundance or excess rather than hardship to live on spare rations; sparse applies to a scanty quantity that is thinly distributed over a wide area his sparse hair; meager implies thinness or insufficiency and connotes a lack of that which gives something richness, vigor, strength, fullness, etc. meager cultural resources