Definitions for scarce
skɛərsscarce

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1. scarce(adverb)

   deficient in quantity or number compared with the demand

   "fresh vegetables were scarce during the drought"

2. barely, hardly, just, scarcely, scarce(adverb)

   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. scarce(Adverb)

   Scarcely, only just.

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

2. scarce(Adjective)

   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.

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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. Scarce(adverb)

   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.]

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1. arcsec

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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. Gottfried Leibbrandt:

   Many of the less protected banks are in countries were skills are really scarce, we will have to create an ecosystem of providers and partners, for example by introducing certification requirements for third-party providers.

3. Eurasia Group:

   The government needs to invest about $15 billion per year to maintain current production (2.4 million bpd), and mounting problems will probably lead to a decline of 100,000-150,000 bpd this year, barring a meaningful recovery in oil prices or fresh loans from China in the second half of the year, scarce foreign exchange will probably force the state to default later this year, most likely in the fourth quarter.

4. Elbert Hubbard:

   There is something that is much more scarce, something finer far, something rarer than ability. It is the ability to recognize ability.

5. Mark Twain:

   At the beginning of a great national change, the patriot is a scarce man: scorned, ridiculed and forgotten. When his cause succeeds, however, all men will join him, for then it costs nothing to be a patriot.

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