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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.
4 meanings: 1. rarely encountered 2. insufficient to meet the demand 3. → See make oneself scarce 4. archaic or literary.... Click for more definitions.
Definition of scarce adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
(Definition of scarce from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press) scarce | Intermediate English. adjective [ -er/-est only ] us / skeərs / Add to word list. not available in necessary amounts, or rare:
Scarce definition: insufficient to satisfy the need or demand; not abundant. See examples of SCARCE used in a sentence.
SCARCE definition: rare or not available in large amounts: . Learn more.
