English to Portuguese Meaning of scanty - escasso

Scanty :

escasso

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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 ::

escasso

Synonyms

Adjective

1. meager ::

escasso

2. scant ::

escasso

3. minimal ::

mínimo

4. limited ::

limitado

5. modest ::

modesto

6. restricted ::

restrito

7. sparse ::

escasso

8. tiny ::

minúsculo

9. small ::

pequeno

10. paltry ::

insignificante

11. negligible ::

desprezível

12. insufficient ::

insuficiente

13. inadequate ::

inadequado

14. deficient ::

deficiente

16. poor ::

pobre

17. sketchy ::

esboçado

18. thin ::

fino

19. scarce ::

escasso

20. in short supply ::

em falta

21. few and far between ::

poucos e distantes entre si

22. measly ::

com sarampo

23. piddling ::

insignificante

24. mingy ::

sovina

25. pathetic ::

patético

26. exiguous ::

exíguo

Noun

27. pantie ::

pantie

29. step-in ::

passo-a

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