Scarce Meaning and Definition


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What is the definition Scarce? What is its meaning in the dictionary? Antonyms, Derivations, Example sentences, Words starting with Scarce, Synonyms, How to pronounce? Related sentences, Words ending with Scarce and more...

Scarce meaning

Word: Scarce

How to pronounce: skeəs

Adjective

Definitions:

1. (especially of food, money, or some other resource) insufficient for the demand.

Example sentences: "As raw materials became scarce, synthetics were developed"

Adverb

Definitions:

1. Scarcely.

Example sentences: "A babe scarce two years old"


Synonyms:

meager

scanty

meagre

skimpy

scant

stingy

hardly

barely

just

sparse

spare

insufficient

deficient

lacking

inadequate

low

infrequent

rare

poor

in shortest supply

short

slender

slim


Antonyms:

sufficient

rich

abundant

plentiful

enough


Derivations:

scarcity

scarceness

scarcely


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Scarce in Other Languages...

Spanish: Escaso

German: Knapp

French: Rare

Italian: Scarso

Turkish: Kıt


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