The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word SCANT , but the solution may also be LAME which is one of the most recent solution (2016 in New York Times).
Hardly adequate crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| SCANT | 80 % | 5 |
| LAME | 20 % | 4 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Hardly adequate
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- meager
- meagre
- paltry
- scant
- sparse
- exiguity
- exiguous
- exiguously
- scantly
- scrimpy
- skimped
- skimping
Crossword Answer definitions
SCANT adjective- Very little, very few.
- Not full, large, or plentiful; scarcely sufficient; scanty; meager; not enough.
- Sparing; parsimonious; chary.
- To limit in amount or share; to stint.
- To fail, or become less; to scantle.
- A block of stone sawn on two sides down to the bed level.
- A sheet of stone.
- (wood) A slightly thinner measurement of a standard wood size.
- Scarcity; lack.
- With difficulty; scarcely; hardly.
More crossword clues leading to the same solutions
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More clues leading to the result SCANT
- Meager
- Barely adequate
- Barely sufficient
- Marginally enough
- Mere
- Barely enough
- Few and far between
- Grudging, as attention
- Limited
- In short supply