Definition of "scanty" [scant•y]

• Barely sufficient or adequate. (adjective)
• Insufficient, as in extent or degree. (adjective)

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• "It was a picture of a child clad in scanty rags, showing just enough skin to make me uncomfortable."
• "Tue 11/24/09 3: 54 PM to the contrary, I think the majority of movies have women and girls portrayed in scanty clothes and objectified roles."
• "I mean by that, that their minds have been well trained but their actual knowledge of things is scanty from a lack of conventional education."