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adjective. uk / skeəs / us / skers / Add to word list. C1. not easy to find or get: Food and clean water were becoming scarce. scarce resources. Opposites. abundant formal. copious. plentiful. Fewer examples. With jobs so scarce, many young people have nothing to do. In wartime, food is often scarce. Research evidence in this area is scarce.
The meaning of SCARCE is deficient in quantity or number compared with the demand : not plentiful or abundant. How to use scarce in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Scarce.
adjective. us/skers/uk/skeəs/ Add to word listAdd to word list. C1. not easy to find or get: Food and clean water were becoming scarce. scarce resources. Opposites. abundantformal. copious. plentiful. More examplesFewer examples. With jobs so scarce, many young people have nothing to do. In wartime, food is often scarce.
Scarce definition: insufficient to satisfy the need or demand; not abundant. See examples of SCARCE used in a sentence.
4 meanings: 1. rarely encountered 2. insufficient to meet the demand 3. → See make oneself scarce 4. archaic or literary.... Click for more definitions.
If something is scarce, there isn't much of it around. Crops are scarce after a long drought, or you might find babysitters scarce if your kids are a nightmare to watch.
Define scarce. scarce synonyms, scarce pronunciation, scarce translation, English dictionary definition of scarce. adj. scarc·er , scarc·est 1. Insufficient to meet a demand or requirement; short in supply: Fresh vegetables were scarce during the drought.
Definition of scarce adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
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. Vulgar Latin * excarpsus plucked out, for Latin excerptus; see excerpt. Old North French ( e) scars.
SCARCE definition: rare or not available in large amounts: . Learn more.
