Pitiful and Scant

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Pitiful adjective - Deserving pitying scorn (as for inadequacy).

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Scant and pitiful are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Scant" instead an adjective "Pitiful".

Nearby Words: pity, pitiless, pitiable, piteous, pitifully

Scant adjective - Less plentiful than what is normal, necessary, or desirable.

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Pitiful and scant are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Pitiful" instead an adjective "Scant".

Nearby Words: scanty, scanted, scanting

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