Dictionary entry

Scant

Pronunciation: /skant/

Pronunciation

/skant/

Myanmar Meaning

(v.t) ကန့်သတ်သည်။သေးငယ်စေသည်။ကျဉ်းမြောင်းစေသည်။(adj) နည်းသော။မလုံလောက်သော။တွန့်တိုသော။

Definition

scant /skænt/ adj ( fml ) သာမန္ကာလွ်ံကာ။ ပါးရွားေသာ။ မစို႔မပို႔။ တိုေရရွားေရ။ pay scant attention to sb's advice ❍ behave with scant regard/ respect for my feelings ❍ Information on their migration routes is scant. ❏ scantily adv မလံုမလဲ။ scantily clad/ dressed. ❏ scanty adj တိုနံ႔နံ႔။ မျဖစ္စေလာက္။ a scanty bikini ❍ scanty evidence.

Examples

  1. [scant regard] : Peter had shown scant regard for her feelings.
  2. [scant attention] : Jen paid scant attention to their conversation.
  3. A scant fifteen minutes earlier they had been safe at home.