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scarce
[skairs]
adjective
insufficient to satisfy the need or demand; not abundant.
Meat and butter were scarce during the war.
Synonyms:Antonyms:seldom met with; rare.
a scarce book.
Synonyms: ,
adverb
scarce
/ ²õ°ģÉɲõ /
adjective
rarely encountered
insufficient to meet the demand
informalĢżto go away, esp suddenly
adverb
archaicĢżscarcely
Other 51³Ō¹Ļ Forms
- scarceness noun
- unscarce adjective
- unscarcely adverb
- unscarceness noun
- Ė²õ³¦²¹°ł³¦±š²Ō±š²õ²õ noun
51³Ō¹Ļ History and Origins
51³Ō¹Ļ History and Origins
Origin of scarce1
Idioms and Phrases
make oneself scarce,
to depart, especially suddenly.
to stay away; avoid.
Example Sentences
Information on Saturday's incident is scarce as the internet has been down in Gaza for more than two days.
Three toddlers and their mothers are being discharged - back to the community where food is scarce and conditions are deteriorating.
āThe Wild Robot Escapesā finds Roz navigating the dangers of urban life and humans with guns, while a toxic tide in āThe Wild Robot Protectsā leaves the animals scrambling for ever more scarce resources.
That will raise costs as labor becomes scarce, while undocumented workers might go āundergroundā where they are less easily detectable, he said.
It was also a vital source of protein for poorer communities, particularly in areas like Wales and the Alps, where meat was scarce.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Ā© Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American HeritageĀ® Idioms Dictionary copyright Ā© 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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