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   Scarce

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   adjective

   • 1. (especially of food, money, or some other resource) insufficient for the demand: "as raw materials became scarce, synthetics were developed" Similar in short supplyshortscantscantymeagersparsehard to findhard to come bynot enoughtoo littleinsufficientdeficientinadequatelackingwantingat a premiumlike gold dustnot to be hadscarcer than hen's teethpaltrynegligiblethininformal:not to be had for love nor moneyrare:exiguousOpposite plentifulabundant
   • ▪ occurring in small numbers or quantities; rare: "the freshwater shrimp becomes scarce in soft water" Similar rarefew and far betweenthin on the groundseldom seen/founduncommonunusualinfrequentout of the commonOpposite common

   adverb

   • 1. scarcely: archaic "a babe scarce two years old"

   Word Origin Middle English (in the sense ‘restricted in quantity or size’, also ‘parsimonious’): from a shortening of Anglo-Norman escars, from a Romance word meaning ‘plucked out, selected’.

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   • 1. scarceness noun

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   What does scarce mean?

   • Details of the accident are scarce. Food was becoming scarce. (informal) to leave somewhere and stay away for a time in order to avoid an unpleasant situation I could see he was annoyed so I made myself scarce. Definition of scarce adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary.

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   What does it mean if a job is scarce?

   • Jobs are scarce. —scarcity noun [ singular, uncountable] the present scarcity of labour Origin scarce1 (1200-1300) Old North French escars, from Vulgar Latin excarpsus “pulled out”, from Latin excerpere; → EXCERPT scarce meaning, definition, what is scarce: if something is scarce, there is not ver...: Learn more.

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   What is another word for scarce?

   • Find 21 synonyms and 30 related words for “scarce” in this overview. The synonyms of “Scarce” are: in short supply, short, scant, scanty, meagre, sparse, hard to find, hard to come by, not enough, insufficient, deficient, inadequate, lacking, wanting, rare, few and far between, thin on the ground, barely, hardly, scarcely, just

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   What does Escars mean?

   • From Middle English scarce, skarce, scarse, scars, from Old Northern French scars, escars ("sparing, niggard, parsimonious, miserly, poor"; > French échars, Medieval Latin scarsus (“diminished, reduced”)), of uncertain origin.

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   SCARCE definition: rare or not available in large amounts: . Learn more.

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   From Middle English scarce, skarce, scarse, scars, from Old Northern French scars, escars ("sparing, niggard, parsimonious, miserly, poor"; > French échars, Medieval Latin scarsus (“diminished, reduced”)), of uncertain origin. One theory is that it derives originally from a Late Latin *scarpsus, *excarpsus, a participle form of *excarpere (“take ou...

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   (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈskɛəs/

   (General American) IPA(key): /ˈskɛɚs/, /skɑːɹs/ (nonstandard)

   (dialectal) IPA(key): /ˈskeɪs/

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   scarce (comparative scarcer, superlative scarcest) 1. Uncommon, rare; difficult to find; insufficient to meet a demand. 1.1. 1691, [John Locke], Some Considerations of the Consequences of the Lowering of Interest, and Raising the Value of Money.[…], London: […] Awnsham and John Churchill,[…], published 1692, →OCLC: 1.1.1. You tell him silver is sca...

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   scarce (not comparable) 1. (archaic, literary) Scarcely, only just. 1.1. 1646 (indicated as 1645), John Milton, “An Epitaph on the Marchioness of Winchester”, in Poems of Mr. John Milton,[…], London: […] Ruth Raworth for Humphrey Mosely,[…], →OCLC, page 24: 1.1.1. The Virgin quite for her requeſt / The God that ſits at marriage feaſt; / He at their...

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   Definition of scarce – Learner’s Dictionary. scarce. adjective. uk/skeəs/us. rare or not available in large amounts: scarce resources. Want to learn more? Improve your vocabulary with English Vocabulary in Use from Cambridge. Learn the words you need to communicate with confidence.

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   scarce (skârs), USA pronunciation adj., scarc•er, scarc•est, adv. adj. insufficient to satisfy the need or demand; not abundant: Meat and butter were scarce during the war. seldom met with; rare: a scarce book. Idioms make oneself scarce, [Informal.] to depart, esp. suddenly. to stay away; avoid. adv. scarcely.

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    Scarce definition: insufficient to satisfy the need or demand; not abundant. See examples of SCARCE used in a sentence.