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| Main Entry: |
piddly
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| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | meager, trivial |
| Synonyms: | barren, deficient, diddly, flimsy, inconsiderable, insubstantial, insufficient, little, measly, mere, microscopic, minute, negligible, paltry, petty, puny, rinky-dink, scant, scrimpy, short, skimpy, slight, small, sparse, superficial, too little too late, two-bit, unproductive, worthless |
| Main Entry: | rare |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | exceptional, infrequent |
| Synonyms: | attenuate, attenuated, deficient, extraordinary, few, few and far between, flimsy, inconceivable, isolated, light, limited, occasional, out of the ordinary, rarefied, recherché, scanty, scarce, scattered, seldom, semioccasional, short, singular, sparse, sporadic, strange, subtile, subtle, tenuous, thin, uncommon, unfrequent, unheard of, unimaginable, unique, unlikely, unthinkable, unusual, unwonted |
| Notes: | rare means not widely known or recurring only at long intervals or not widely distributed; scarce means not enough or deficient in quantity or number compared with the demand |
| Antonyms: | common, frequent, regular, typical, usual |
| Main Entry: | scant/scanty |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | inadequate |
| Synonyms: | bare, barely sufficient, close, deficient, exiguous, failing, insufficient, limited, little, meager, minimal, narrow, poor, rare, restricted, scrimpy, short, shy, skimpy, slender, spare, sparing, sparse, stingy, thin, tight, wanting |
| Antonyms: | abundant, adequate, ample, covering, plentiful, substantial, sufficient |
| Main Entry: | scarce |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | insufficient, infrequent |
| Synonyms: | at a premium, deficient, failing, few, few and far between, in short supply, limited, occasional, rare, scant, scanty, seldom, seldom met with, semioccasional, short, shortened, shy, sparse, sporadic, truncated, uncommon, unusual, wanting |
| Notes: | rare means not widely known or recurring only at long intervals or not widely distributed; scarce means not enough or deficient in quantity or number compared with the demand |
| Antonyms: | abundant, frequent, plentiful, sufficient |
| Main Entry: | several |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | assorted, various |
| Synonyms: | a few, a lot, any, certain, considerable, definite, different, disparate, distinct, divers, diverse, handful, hardly any, indefinite, individual, infrequent, manifold, many, not many, numerous, only a few, particular, personal, plural, proportionate, quite a few, rare, respective, scant, scanty, scarce, scarcely any, separate, single, small number, some, sparse, special, specific, sundry |
| Notes: | many means being one of a large indefinite number; several means of an indefinite number more than 2 or 3 but not many |
| Antonyms: | individual, none, one, single |
| Main Entry: | short |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | insufficient |
| Synonyms: | deficient, exiguous, failing, inadequate, lacking, limited, low on, meager, needing, niggardly, poor, scant, scanty, scarce, short-handed, shy, skimpy, slender, slim, sparse, tight, wanting |
| Antonyms: | adequate, enough, sufficient |
| Main Entry: | slight |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | insignificant, small |
| Synonyms: | fat, feeble, inconsiderable, insubstantial, meager, minor, modest, negligible, off, outside, paltry, petty, piddling, remote, scanty, slender, slim, sparse, superficial, trifling, trivial, unessential, unimportant, weak |
| Antonyms: | big, great, important, large, significant |
| Main Entry: | thin |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | deficient, weak |
| Synonyms: | diluted, feeble*, flat*, flimsy*, implausible, improbable, inadequate, inconceivable, incredible, insubstantial, insufficient, lame, meager, poor, questionable, scant, scanty, scarce, scattered, shallow, sketchy, skimpy, slight, sparse, stretched, superficial, thick*, transparent, unbelievable, unconvincing, unpersuasive, unsubstantial, untenable, vapid, weak-kneed |
| Antonyms: | efficient, solid, strong |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | scanty |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | inadequate |
| Synonyms: | bare, barely sufficient, close, deficient, exiguous, failing, insufficient, limited, little, meager, minimal, narrow, poor, rare, restricted, scant, scrimpy, short, shy, skimpy, slender, spare, sparing, sparse, stingy, thin, tight, wanting |
| Notes: | scanty means barely adequate or sufficient; scant means less than the correct or full amount; skimpy means containing little excess |
| Antonyms: | abundant, ample, plentiful |
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