scanty
/ˈskanti/
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American sound/ˈskanti/
scanty
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- Final y vowel sound
scan - ty -> scanty
Myanmar meaning
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သာမန်ကာလျှံကာ။ ပါးရှားသော။ မစို့မပို့။ တိုရေရှားရေ။ pay scant attention to sb's advice ❍ behave with scant regard/ respect for my feelings ❍ Information on their migration routes is scant.
❏ scantily adv
မလုံမလဲ။ scantily clad/ dressed.
❏ scanty adj
တိုနံ့နံ့။ မဖြစ်စလောက်။ a scanty bikini ❍ scanty evidence.
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slight, limited, negligible, little, scarce, inadequate, bare, barren, be mean with, be sparing, cut corners, deficient, exiguous, flimsy, have nothing to do with, inappreciable, inconsiderable, infertile, insubstantial, insufficient, keep at arm's length, keep distance, keep one's distance, laugh off, let go, letting go, live with, living with, make ends meet, make light of, meager, measly, mere, minimum, miserable, neglect, not care for, paltry, pass up, passed up, pay no attention to, pay no mind, paying no mind, pinch pennies, poor, pretermit, puny, roll back, scanty, scrimp, scrimpy, shabby, short, skimp, skimpy, slender, spare, sparse, stingy, subtle, tenuous, thin, tighten belt, tighten one's belt, too little too late, tune out, unfinished, unfruitful, unproductive, wanting, weak
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