Meaning of scarce | Babel Free

Definitions

1. scarce, limited, scant, meager, meagre, skimpy, rare, insufficient, slight, slim
2. Uncommon, rare; difficult to find; insufficient to meet a demand.
3. low, little, small, poor, weak (in quantity, degree, size, rate or estimate)
4. Scantily supplied (with); deficient (in); used with of.
5. sparse, scanty, thin

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Examples

“By the end of the 20th century elephants had become scarce even in Africa.”

“You tell him silver is scarcer now in England, and therefore risen in value one fifth.”

“My hopes wa'n't disappointed. I never saw clams thicker than they was along them inshore flats. I filled my dreener in no time, and then it come to me that 'twouldn't be a bad idee to get a lot more, take 'em with me to Wellmouth, and peddle 'em out. Clams was fairly scarce over that side of the bay and ought to fetch a fair price.”

“The project failed due to the scarce resources in the national market.”

“a region scarce of prey”

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