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If you regard someone or something as being a particular thing or as having a particular quality, you believe that they are that thing or have that quality. [...] See full entry for 'regard'. Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers.
scant regard for the truth. almost: Add a scant half litre (= almost half a litre) of milk to the mixture and stir well. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Scarce, inadequate and not enough. be at a premium idiom. be thin on the ground idiom. chronic shortage. dearth of something. gold dust. insufficiently. lacking. like gold dust idiom.
SCANT REGARD FOR meaning | Definition, pronunciation, translations and examples in American English
Scant regard means to have little respect or care for something or someone. See how to use this phrase in sentences from various sources, such as The New York Times, The Guardian and Ludwig.
You use scant to indicate that there is very little of something or not as much of something as there should be. She began to berate the police for paying scant attention to the theft from her car. ...forces that have shown scant respect for Red Cross markings or U.N. flags.
hardly any; not very much and not as much as there should be. I paid scant attention to what she was saying. The firefighters went back into the house with scant regard for their own safety. There is scant evidence for this view. Oxford Collocations Dictionary. Word Origin. Want to learn more?
[uncountable] (formal) attention to or thought and care for somebody/something. regard for somebody/something to have scant/little/no regard for somebody/something. to pay/show little regard for other people’s property. Social services should pay proper regard to the needs of inner-city areas.
