Scant
Meaning of Scant
Barely enough; very little.
ما معنى كلمة Scant بالعربي؟
قليل أو نادر أو بالكاد يكفي
📏⚡ قليل أو نادر أو بالكاد يكفي؛ كمية ضئيلة وغير كافية للحاجة المطلوبة؛ نقص واضح في المقدار أو العدد يُشعر بعدم الاكتفاء، ويُستخدم لوصف المواد أو الوقت أو الفرص المحدودة التي لا تُلبي التوقعات 📏⚡
قصة GL: الكمية الضئيلة من التطوير التقليدي مقارنة بـالتعلم الجيني - كمية ضئيلة من النتائج، النقص الواضح في فعالية الطرق التقليدية مقارنة بالثورة المعرفية التي يُحدثها نظام الـ43 يوماً المُكثف 🚀
Synonyms & related words
Scant in a sentence
Scant evidence supported the old claim.
Scant resources limited the pilot.
Scant proof was offered to the court.
Scant practice gives weak results.
Origin of Scant
From Old Norse skamt 'short'.
In the Genetic Learning (GL) context
In Genetic Learning work led by Naif Talal Al-Essa, scant warns of too little. GL does not build claims on scant data.
Scant audio micro-course (transcript)
Podcast 1 — Introduction & meaning
Narrator: Today's word is "Scant" — adjective, pronounced /skænt/, with the stress on "scant".
Narrator: Scant means very little, or not as much as is needed.
Narrator: In plain English, it means hardly any.
Narrator: It comes from Old Norse skamt, short.
Narrator: A common collocation is "scant evidence", which describes too little proof.
Narrator: It differs from "scanty", because scant usually describes amounts like attention, while scanty describes clothes or supplies.
Narrator: In a second sense, "pay scant attention" means ignore mostly.
Narrator: Law, journalism, science and literature all rely on the word.
Narrator: So remember: scant means barely enough.
Read podcasts 2 and 3
Podcast 2 — In conversation
Speaker A: Did the police charge him?
Speaker B: No, SCANT evidence! It comes from Old Norse for short.
Speaker A: Not enough proof?
Speaker B: Nowhere near.
Speaker A: Example sentences?
Speaker B: "There is scant evidence for the claim", science. "He paid scant attention to the rules", behaviour. "A scant two metres away", distance.
Speaker A: Common mistakes?
Speaker B: Use scant with uncountable nouns like evidence or attention, not with people.
Speaker A: Close relatives?
Speaker B: Little is its cousin, meagre its twin, and sparse an alternative — yet scant keeps its lean charm!
Podcast 3 — Prompt engineering
Speaker B: Let's use "scant" in AI prompts — useful for fact-checking and report writing.
Speaker A: How for fact-checking?
Speaker B: Weigh evidence.
Prompt: Mark claims in this article that have scant supporting evidence.
Speaker A: And reports?
Speaker B: Be precise.
Prompt: Rewrite this report line so it says scant data exists without exaggerating.
Speaker A: Could it help research?
Speaker B: Yes, for gaps.
Prompt: Identify topics where research is scant in this literature list.
Speaker A: One more?
Speaker B: Editing.
Prompt: Suggest formal replacements for hardly any, using scant where it fits.
Frequently asked questions about Scant
What does Scant mean?
Barely enough; very little.
ما معنى كلمة Scant بالعربي؟
قليل أو نادر أو بالكاد يكفي — 📏⚡ قليل أو نادر أو بالكاد يكفي؛ كمية ضئيلة وغير كافية للحاجة المطلوبة؛ نقص واضح في المقدار أو العدد يُشعر بعدم الاكتفاء، ويُستخدم لوصف المواد أو الوقت أو الفرص المحدودة التي لا تُلبي التوقعات 📏⚡
How do you pronounce Scant?
Scant is pronounced /skænt/ and is used as an adjective.
How is Scant used in a sentence?
Scant evidence supported the old claim.
What are synonyms of Scant?
meagre, sparse, limited, little, insufficient, slight.