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scant meaning in Malayalam

വിരളം

/skænt/

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scant in Malayalam: വിരളം, കുറവായ, ദുർല്ലഭമായ, സ്വല്പമായ. In English, scant means not full, large, or plentiful; scarcely sufficient; scanty; meager.

Malayalam words for scant

minimal, little, little or no
വിരളം, കുറവായ, ദുർല്ലഭമായ, സ്വല്പമായ, തുച്ഛമായ, ലഘുവായ

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 Malayalam

What is the meaning of scant in Malayalam?
Scant in Malayalam is വിരളം, കുറവായ, ദുർല്ലഭമായ, സ്വല്പമായ.
scant എന്നതിന്റെ മലയാളം അർത്ഥം എന്താണ്?
Scant: വിരളം, കുറവായ, ദുർല്ലഭമായ, സ്വല്പമായ.
What does scant mean in English?
Scant means not full, large, or plentiful; scarcely sufficient; scanty; meager.

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Malayalam words from the E.K. Kurup corpus on Olam: scant (dataset and license). 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 Malayalam words and English meanings and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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