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1 spaarzaam
♦voorbeelden:hij is erg spaarzaam met zijn lof • he's awfully sparing in his praisespaarzaam leven • live economically/frugallyspaarzaam met iets omgaan • use something very sparinglyspaarzaam zijn met informatie • give scanty informationspaarzaam zijn met zijn woorden • not waste wordseen spaarzaam bevolkt gebied • a sparsely populated areade doodstraf wordt spaarzaam toegepast • the death penalty is seldom imposed -
2 karig
adj. skimpy, scanty, meager; stingy, miserly--------adv. scantily, barely, deficiently; stingily -
3 krap
adj. narrow, skimpy, cramped, scanty, short--------n. sparerib -
4 schaars
adj. scarce, scanty, tight, rarely, rare -
5 schraal
adj. thin, low, slim, lean, meagre, meager, scanty, scant, spare, gaunt, poor, slender, shabby, skinny, skimpy, limited, lenten, penurious, hungry, infertile -
6 niemendalletje
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7 schaars
I 〈 bijwoord〉1 [op karige wijze] sparingly ⇒ sparsely, 〈 zelden〉 seldom, 〈 met betrekking tot licht〉 dimly, 〈 met betrekking tot kleding〉 scantily♦voorbeelden:schaars beloond worden • be poorly rewardedschaars gekleed • scantily dressedschaars gemeubileerd • sparsely furnishedII 〈 bijvoeglijk naamwoord〉1 [zeldzaam] scarce♦voorbeelden:mijn schaarse vrije ogenblikken • my rare free moments -
8 schraal
1 [mager] lean5 [met betrekking tot huid] dry♦voorbeelden:dat is schrale kost • that's meagre farehet schraal hebben • be poorly off5 schrale handen/lippen • chapped hands/lips -
9 spaarzaam zijn met informatie
spaarzaam zijn met informatieVan Dale Handwoordenboek Nederlands-Engels > spaarzaam zijn met informatie
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10 spaarzame verlichting
spaarzame verlichtingVan Dale Handwoordenboek Nederlands-Engels > spaarzame verlichting
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11 summier
♦voorbeelden:1 een summier overzicht • a summary (review/survey)
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scanty — UK [ˈskæntɪ] / US adjective Word forms scanty : adjective scanty comparative scantier superlative scantiest 1) not much, and less than is needed We have only received scanty information so far. 2) scanty clothes show parts of your body that are… … English dictionary
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