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scant meaning in Kannada

ತೆಳು teḷu

/skænt/

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scant in Kannada: ತೆಳು (teḷu). In English, scant means not full, large, or plentiful; scarcely sufficient; scanty; meager.

Kannada words for scant

scant
ತೆಳು teḷu

English meaning of scant

  1. adjective Not full, large, or plentiful; scarcely sufficient; scanty; meager.
  2. adjective Sparing; parsimonious; chary.
  3. adjective Slightly diminished; just short of the amount described.
  4. verb To limit in amount or share; to stint.

Full definition of scant

scant in a sentence

  • a scant allowance of provisions or water; a scant pattern of cloth for a garment
  • a scant cup of sugar
  • to scant someone in provisions; to scant ourselves in the use of necessaries

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Questions about scant in Kannada

What is the meaning of scant in Kannada?
Scant in Kannada is ತೆಳು (teḷu).
scant ಪದದ ಕನ್ನಡ ಅರ್ಥ ಏನು?
Scant: ತೆಳು (teḷu).
What does scant mean in English?
Scant means not full, large, or plentiful; scarcely sufficient; scanty; meager.

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Kannada words from Wiktionary's Kannada entries whose English meaning is “scant”: ತೆಳು. English meanings adapted from Wiktionary: scant (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the Kannada words and English meanings and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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