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3 scant
adjective(arch./literary) karg (geh.) [Lob, Lohn]; wenig [Rücksicht]pay somebody/something scant attention — jemanden/etwas kaum beachten
* * *[skænt](hardly enough; not very much: scant attention; scant experience.) spärlich- academic.ru/64482/scanty">scanty- scantiness
- scantily* * *[skænt]1. (not enough) unzureichend, ungenügendhe retold the story with \scant regard for the truth er wiederholte die Geschichte, ohne dabei der Wahrheit große Bedeutung beizumessen\scant attention mangelnde Aufmerksamkeitto pay \scant attention to sth etw kaum beachten\scant evidence unzureichende Beweise2. (almost)a \scant litre/metre ein knapper Liter/MeterII. vt1. (neglect)▪ to \scant sth/sb etw/jdn vernachlässigen* * *[sknt]adj (+er)wenig inv; satisfaction, attention, respect also, chance gering; success gering, mager; supply, grazing, amount dürftig, spärlichto do scant justice to sth — einer Sache (dat) wenig or kaum gerecht werden
to have scant regard for sth — auf etw (acc) wenig Rücksicht nehmen
to show scant respect for sth — einer Sache (dat) wenig Respekt entgegenbringen, für etw wenig Respekt zeigen
a scant 3 hours — knappe or kaum 3 Stunden
* * *a scant chance eine geringe Chance;scant measure knappes Maß;scant supply geringer Vorrat;a scant two hours knapp zwei Stunden;scant of breath kurzatmig* * *adjective(arch./literary) karg (geh.) [Lob, Lohn]; wenig [Rücksicht]pay somebody/something scant attention — jemanden/etwas kaum beachten
* * *adj.knapp adj. v.knausern mit v.
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