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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 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.
Scarce definition: insufficient to satisfy the need or demand; not abundant. See examples of SCARCE used in a sentence.
Synonyms for SCARCE: sparse, poor, lacking, scanty, scant, meagre, insufficient, meager; Antonyms of SCARCE: abundant, plentiful, sufficient, adequate, ample, enough, generous, copious.
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.
Definition of scarce adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
SCARCE definition: rare or not available in large amounts: . Learn more.
Definition of 'scarce' Word Frequency. scarce. (skɛərs ) Word forms: comparative scarcer, superlative scarcest. 1. adjective. If something is scarce, there is not enough of it. Food was scarce and expensive. Jobs are becoming increasingly scarce. Synonyms: in short supply, wanting, insufficient, deficient More Synonyms of scarce. 2.
