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Adjective

Significantly below an amount or level that is adequate

Below the usual or expected size

Restricted or low in size or space

Pointless or futile, incapable of producing results

Verb

To be very economical or mean about spending or providing something

To fail to care for or pay attention to

Determiner

Emphasizing insignificance

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Adjective

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Significantly below an amount or level that is adequate

meagre^UK

meager^US

not to be had for love nor money

scarcer than hen's teeth

with an insufficiency

with an insufficiency of

as scarce as hens' teeth

not worth bothering about

woolly^UK

wooly^US

phony^US

phoney^UK

labored^US

laboured^UK

of little consequence

neither here nor there

two bit

small-time

not worth speaking of

generalized^US

generalised^UK

on the back of an envelope

lacklustre^UK

lackluster^US

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“We had only a scant amount of wood with which to do our cooking.”

Adjective

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Below the usual or expected size

meagre^UK

meager^US

shrivelled^UK

shriveled^US

knee-high to a grasshopper

knee high to a grasshopper

with no room to swing a cat

not worth bothering about

invisible to the naked eye

odorless^US

odourless^UK

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Adjective

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Restricted or low in size or space

meagre^UK

meager^US

with no room to swing a cat

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Adjective

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Pointless or futile, incapable of producing results

baulked^UK

balked^US

with no chance of success

spinning one's wheels

without rhyme or reason

lacklustre^UK

lackluster^US

neutralized^US

neutralised^UK

spoiled^US

spoilt^UK

of little consequence

neither here nor there

of no moment

not worth speaking of

nothing to write home about

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Verb

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To be very economical or mean about spending or providing something

economize^US

economise^UK

husband your resources

cut your coat according to your cloth

spoil the ship for a ha'porth of tar

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“Allow eight feet for the second floor, and don't scant the head room too much in the cellar or basement.”

Verb

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To fail to care for or pay attention to

leave something undone

pay little attention to

have nothing to do with

fail to take advantage of

minimize^US

minimise^UK

give something a miss

keep one's distance from

let something go downhill

let something go to seed

lay aside

take with a pinch of salt

not take into consideration

let fall between the cracks

fail to observe

look past

leave out of consideration

not take into account

bury one's head in sand

fiddle while Rome burns

belittle

flout

trivialize^US

trivialise^UK

cock a snook at

scoff at

put aside

refuse to acknowledge

ostracize^US

ostracise^UK

give someone the brush-off

cut dead

consign to oblivion

give the cold shoulder

give someone the go-by

give the cold shoulder to

have done with

cease to remember

erase from memory

let bygones be bygones

banish from one's thoughts

not give another thought to

sweep under the carpet

marginalize^US

pretend not to notice

disfavor^US

disfavour^UK

discredit

isolate

sideline

refuse to have anything to do with

fail to take account of

marginalise^UK

tell someone to get lost

laugh away

relinquish

renounce

look right through someone

repress one's memory of

shy away from

recoil from

leave off

give someone the big E

put down

give someone the air

kick in the teeth

hand someone the frozen mitt

break with

have nothing more to do with

cut off

bin off

give someone the push

leave out in the cold

swear off

give the elbow

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Determiner

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Emphasizing insignificance

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