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pantie, panty, scanty, step-in

n. short underpants for women or children (usually used in the plural)

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scanty

adj. lacking in amplitude or quantity; "a bare livelihood"; "a scanty harvest"; "a spare diet"

bare(a), scanty, spare

adj. lacking in amplitude or quantity; "a bare livelihood"; "a scanty harvest"; "a spare diet"

scarce

adj. deficient in quantity or number compared with the demand; "fresh vegetables were scarce during the drought"

economical, frugal, scotch, sparing, stinting

adj. avoiding waste; "an economical meal"; "an economical shopper"; "a frugal farmer"; "a frugal lunch"; "a sparing father and a spending son"; "sparing in their use of heat and light"; "stinting in bestowing gifts"; "thrifty because they remember the great Depression"; "`scotch' is used only informally"

lean, skimpy

adj. containing little excess; "a lean budget"; "a skimpy allowance"

Spartan

adj. of or relating to or characteristic of Sparta or its people

light, scant(p), short

adj. less than the correct or legal or full amount often deliberately so; "a light pound"; "a scant cup of sugar"; "regularly gives short weight"

sparse, thin

adj. not dense; "a thin beard"; "trees were sparse"

small, little

adj. limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent; "a little dining room"; "a little house"; "a small car"; "a little (or small) group"

lean

adj. containing little excess; "a lean budget"; "a skimpy allowance"

exiguous

adj. extremely scanty; "an exiguous budget"

hardscrabble

adj. barely satisfying a lower standard; "the sharecropper's hardscrabble life"

measly, miserable, paltry

adj. contemptibly small in amount; "a measly tip"; "the company donated a miserable $100 for flood relief"; "a paltry wage"; "almost depleted his miserable store of dried beans"

sufficient

adj. of a quantity that can fulfill a need or requirement but without being abundant; "sufficient food"

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