Few
Few adjective - A quantifier that can be used with count nouns and is often preceded by `a'; a small but indefinite number.
Scant
Scant adjective - Less plentiful than what is normal, necessary, or desirable.
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Mousse was so enraged that he systematically destroyed Ranma's (already scant) clothing, leaving her wearing nothing but shoes and a few centimeters of fabric on her crotch and derriere.
Source: Ignore the Fanservice - The Room was only released to a few select theatres in Los Angeles, where it received scant advertising and was slammed by critics.
Source: Vindicated by Cable -
TOME does this with the scant voiced lines for a few characters and attack names in "homage" to fighting games that commonly went without english voicework in localization.
Source: Gratuitous Japanese
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