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1. (adj.) scarce
insufficient to satisfy the need or demand.
2. scarce
rarely encountered.
3. (adv.) scarce
scarcely.
4. scarce
to leave, esp. quickly.
5. scarce
to stay away.
Etymology: (1250–1300; ME scars < ONF (e)scars < VL *excarpsus plucked out, for L excerptus; see excerpt)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (adverb) scarce
deficient in quantity or number compared with the demand
"fresh vegetables were scarce during the drought"
2. (adverb) barely, hardly, just, scarcely, scarce
only a very short time before
"they could barely hear the speaker"; "we hardly knew them"; "just missed being hit"; "had scarcely rung the bell when the door flew open"; "would have scarce arrived before she would have found some excuse to leave"- W.B.Yeats
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1. (adjective) scarce
≠ plentiful
Food and water are scarce.
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| Definition of 'scarce' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. (adverb) scarce
alt. of Scarcely
2. scarce
not plentiful or abundant; in small quantity in proportion to the demand; not easily to be procured; rare; uncommon
3. scarce
scantily supplied (with); deficient (in); -- with of
4. scarce
sparing; frugal; parsimonious; stingy
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Sense: not many or enough in number
Paintings by this artist are very scarce; Food is scarce because of the drought.
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 Afrikaans: skaars |
 Arabic: نادِر، غَيْر مُتَوَفِّر |
 Bulgarian: недостатъчен |
 Brazilian: raro |
 Czech: vzácný, omezený |
 German: knapp |
 Danish: sjælden; knap |
 Greek: λιγοστός, σπάνιος |
 Spanish: escaso, poco común/frecue |
 Estonian: haruldane, vähe |
 Farsi: نادر |
 Finnish: harvalukuinen |
 French: rare |
 Hebrew: נָדִיר |
 Hindi: दुर्लभ |
 Croatian: oskudan, rijedak |
 Hungarian: kevés; ritka |
 Indonesian: sedikit |
 Icelandic: sjaldgæfur; af skornum sk |
 Italian: raro |
 Japanese: 少ない |
 Korean: 불충분한 |
 Lithuanian: negausus, nepakankamas |
 Latvian: rets; nepietiekams |
 Malay: sukar didapati |
 Dutch: schaars |
 Norwegian: sjelden; knapp, snau |
 Polish: rzadki, niewystarczający |
 Persian: نادر |
 Pashto: لږ، كم، نادر، كم پيدا، |
 Portuguese: raro |
 Romanian: rar |
 Russian: редкий; скудный |
 Slovak: vzácny, obmedzený |
 Slovenian: redek |
 Serbian: oskudan |
 Swedish: otillräcklig, knapp, säll |
 Thai: ไม่มาก; ไม่พอ |
 Turkish: kıt, az |
 Taiwanese: 罕見的，少之又少的 |
 Ukrainian: убогий, недостатній |
 Urdu: قلیل، ناکافی |
 Vietnamese: khan hiếm |
 Chinese: 罕见的，缺乏的 |
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