scanty
short underpants for women or children (usually used in the plural) • Syn: pantie, panty, step-in • Usage Domain: plural, plural form • Hypernyms: underpants
lacking in amplitude or quantity (Freq. 1) - a bare livelihood - a scanty harvest - a spare diet • Syn: bare, spare • Similar to: meager, meagre, meagerly, stingy, scrimpy • Derivationally related forms: spareness (for: spare), scantiness
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