scantiest
Most meager amount
Scantiest is the superlative of scanty—the least amount or coverage possible.
What's scantiest barely suffices or barely covers: the scantiest of bikinis, the scantiest evidence.
The word often carries a note of insufficiency or inadequacy: Even the scantiest meal would have been welcome.
Being without something
- inadequateNot sufficient for purpose
- deficientHaving too little
- meagerDeficient in quantity
- paltryContemptibly meager
wanting · sparse · skimpy · measly · scarce · minimal · bare · slight
Reduced to essentials
- basicFundamental in nature
- strippedHad coverings removed
- reducedMade less in amount
- limitedRestricted in extent
skeletal · rudimentary · sparse · austere · stark · essential · fundamental · elementary
Inadequate in size or amount
immodest · risqué · daring · provocative · abbreviated · short · tiny · slight
Thin and insubstantial
- sheerAbsolute; also diaphanous
- flimsyWeak and easily damaged
- gauzyThin and transparent
- diaphanousDelicately translucent
translucent · sparse · threadbare · fine · delicate · insubstantial · airy · light
lacking
Being without something
- inadequateNot sufficient for purpose
- deficientHaving too little
- meagerDeficient in quantity
paltry · wanting · sparse · skimpy · measly · scarce · minimal · bare · slight · pittance
bare-bones
Reduced to essentials
limited · skeletal · rudimentary · sparse · austere · stark · essential · fundamental · elementary · simplified
skimpy
Inadequate in size or amount
exposed · immodest · risqué · daring · provocative · abbreviated · short · tiny · slight · bikini
wispy
Thin and insubstantial
diaphanous · translucent · sparse · threadbare · fine · delicate · insubstantial · airy · light · filmy