Definitions for scarce
skɛərsscarce

Princeton's WordNet(4.50 / 4 votes)Rate this definition:

1. scarceadverb

   deficient in quantity or number compared with the demand

   "fresh vegetables were scarce during the drought"

2. 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

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1. scarceadverb

   Scarcely, only just.

   Etymology: From Northern scars, escars ( > French échars), from *, probably originally a participle form of *, from ex- + carpere.

2. 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(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Scarce

   not plentiful or abundant; in small quantity in proportion to the demand; not easily to be procured; rare; uncommon

2. Scarce

   scantily supplied (with); deficient (in); -- with of

3. Scarce

   sparing; frugal; parsimonious; stingy

4. Scarceadverb

   alt. of Scarcely

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1. 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.

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1. 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.]

Anagrams for scarce »

1. arcsec

How to pronounce scarce?

1. Alex

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   David

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   Mark

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   Daniel

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   Libby

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   Mia

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   Karen

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   Hayley

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   Natasha

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   Veena

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   Priya

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   Neerja

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   Zira

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   Oliver

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   Wendy

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   Fred

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   Tessa

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of scarce in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of scarce in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of scarce in a Sentence

1. Zhao Yang:

   Compared with Guangdong, where our fabric mill sites are, Xinjiang's water is very scarce.

2. Richard Baxter:

   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.

3. Karen Orenstein:

   It would seem a no-brainer that scarce public resources should be directed toward those most in need, not giant banks.

4. Alibaba Cloud:

   You need to go through very specialized training in order to read these images, but we know that experts are a very scarce resource.

5. Adam Bulama:

   Now meat is scarce in Maiduguri, nobody can afford it.

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