What does scarce mean?
Definitions for scarce
skɛərsscarce
Here are all the possible meanings and translations of the word scarce.
Princeton's WordNet
scarceadverb
deficient in quantity or number compared with the demand
"fresh vegetables were scarce during the drought"
barely, hardly, just, scarcely, scarceadverb
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
Wiktionary
scarceadverb
Scarcely, only just.
Etymology: From Northern scars, escars ( > French échars), from *, probably originally a participle form of *, from ex- + carpere.
scarceadjective
Uncommon, rare; difficult to find; insufficient to meet a demand.
Etymology: From Northern scars, escars ( > French échars), from *, probably originally a participle form of *, from ex- + carpere.
Webster Dictionary
Scarce
not plentiful or abundant; in small quantity in proportion to the demand; not easily to be procured; rare; uncommon
Scarce
scantily supplied (with); deficient (in); -- with of
Scarce
sparing; frugal; parsimonious; stingy
Scarceadverb
alt. of Scarcely
Freebase
Scarce
Scarce is an Alternative rock band formed in Rhode Island, New York, USA. They were active from 1993 to 1997, and reformed in 2008.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Scarce
skārs, adj. not plentiful: not equal to the demand: rare: not common: parsimonious: deficient: short: scanty.—adj. Scarce′-beard′ed (Shak.), having a scanty beard.—adv. Scarce′ly, Scarce (B.), hardly, barely.—ns. Scarce′ment (archit.), a plain set-off or projection in a wall; Scarce′ness; Scarc′ity, state of being scarce: deficiency: rareness: niggardliness: want: famine.—Make one's self scarce, to decamp. [O. Fr. escars (Fr. échars), niggardly—Low L. scarpsus=ex-carpsus, for L. excerptus, pa.p. of excerpēre—ex, out of, carpēre, to pick.]
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of scarce in Chaldean Numerology is: 8
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of scarce in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4
Examples of scarce in a Sentence
Compared with Guangdong, where our fabric mill sites are, Xinjiang's water is very scarce.
He is not drowning His sheep when He washeth them, nor killing them when He is shearing them. But by this He showeth that they are His own and the newshorn sheep do most visibly bear His name or mark, when it is almost worn out and scarce discernible on them that have the longest fleece.
It would seem a no-brainer that scarce public resources should be directed toward those most in need, not giant banks.
You need to go through very specialized training in order to read these images, but we know that experts are a very scarce resource.
Now meat is scarce in Maiduguri, nobody can afford it.
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- نادرArabic
- vzácnýCzech
- spärlichGerman
- escasoSpanish
- nappEstonian
- نادر, کمیاب, ناکافیPersian
- niukkaFinnish
- rareFrench
- ainneamh, gannScottish Gaelic
- दुर्लभHindi
- ritkaHungarian
- scarsoItalian
- 稀なJapanese
- 드문Korean
- trūcīgsLatvian
- ongeonge, ongeMāori
- оскуденMacedonian
- schaarsDutch
- escassoPortuguese
- скудныйRussian
- knappSwedish
- nadraSwahili
- ender, nadide, nadirTurkish
- khan hiếmVietnamese
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