English to French Meaning of scanty - maigre


Scanty :
maigre
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Definitions of scanty in English
Adjective
Noun
Examples of scanty in English
(1) The Great Basin, so called because its scanty water doesn't drain to any sea, is mostly a terrain of north-south-running ranges, sharp-edged raw geology, separated by flat expanses of sagebrush.(2) The fabrics selected for this collection have something of the 1600's courtesan, though the dresses and skirts are quite scanty .(3) If Aboriginal numbers in 1788 were at the higher end of the estimated range, this epidemic would have been the chief killer, but information is scanty in the extreme.(4) The desert ecosystem poses difficult problems - the forest area is scanty with poor growth of vegetation.(5) A long-term decline in police-neighborhood relations may well have occurred, but direct evidence is scanty , while other factors also weakened these relations.(6) Estimates of children with ADHD range from one to 20 percent, partly due to scanty evidence provided by inadequate surveys.(7) I didn't bring much, seeing as we were only staying for a few days, but I did bring a variety of scanty clothing that I would be wearing at the party.(8) His scanty remarks are limited to generalities.(9) A double-digit rise in the welfare budget for two consecutive years is also inevitable, considering both the widening income gap and scanty social safety net.(10) A thong is not a piece of scanty swimwear, as in America, but a fine example of Australian footwear.(11) For the next couple of months tuck away the scanty summer wear and the thin knit winter wear to make room for the monsoon gear.(12) All focus at present is on water, may it be due to termination of water accords or failure of monsoon or scattered, scanty rain, scarce power to operate tubewells.(13) Yes, form-fitting clothing may be necessary to demonstrate proper technique, but scanty clothing may send a negative message.(14) Only scanty information could be gleaned from POWs.(15) Am I to understand your primary concern in this matter is that you and your arty male colleagues will be exposed as the ‘type’ of men who ogle women in scanty spring dresses?(16) No food, no clogs and their poor bodies barely covered with scanty clothing, how can they give their minds to their lessons?
(1) scant ::
maigre
Synonyms
Adjective
1. meager ::
maigre
2. scant ::
maigre
3. minimal ::
minimal
4. limited ::
limité
5. modest ::
modeste
6. restricted ::
limité
7. sparse ::
clairsemé
8. tiny ::
minuscule
9. small ::
petit
10. paltry ::
dérisoire
11. negligible ::
négligeable
12. insufficient ::
insuffisant
13. inadequate ::
inadéquat
14. deficient ::
défectueux
16. poor ::
pauvre
17. sketchy ::
vague
18. thin ::
mince
19. scarce ::
rare
20. in short supply ::
en quantité limitée
21. few and far between ::
rares
22. measly ::
misérable
23. piddling ::
minable
24. mingy ::
radin
25. pathetic ::
pathétique
26. exiguous ::
exigu
Noun
27. pantie ::
pantie
29. step-in ::
intervenir
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