scarce

/skeəs/
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scarce

Fresh vegetables were scarce at the market during the drought.

Definition

  1. Adjective:

    • Insufficient to meet demand; not plentiful or abundant: "scarce" describes something that exists in limited quantity relative to need or desire, making it difficult to obtain.
    • Rare; seldom found: It can also describe something that is uncommon or infrequently encountered.

  2. Adverb (Archaic/Literary):

    • Barely; hardly; only just: Used to indicate that something happens by a very small margin or almost does not happen.
Examples of Usage

  • Adjective: During the war, basic supplies like fuel and medicine became scarce.Jobs are scarce in this small town, so many young people move away.That first edition is a scarce book, highly sought after by collectors.

  • Adverb: He had scarce finished speaking when the alarm sounded. (Literary) I scarce believed my eyes when I saw the result. (Literary)

Advanced Usage
  • "to make oneself scarce" (Idiom): to leave or disappear, especially to avoid trouble or an awkward situation.
Variants and Related Words
  • Scarcity (n): The state of being scarce; a shortage.
Synonyms
  • Adjective: Rare, sparse, insufficient, scant, in short supply.
  • Adverb: Hardly, barely, scarcely, just.
Related Idioms
  • "scarce as hen's teeth": Extremely rare or nonexistent.
scarce

Fresh vegetables were scarce at the market during the drought.

Adjective
  1. deficient in quantity or number compared with the demand
    • fresh vegetables were scarce during the drought
Adverb
  1. only a very short time before
    • they could barely hear the speaker
    • we hardly knew them
    • just missed being hit
    • had scarcely rung the bell when the door flew open
    • would have scarce arrived before she would have found some excuse to leave- W.B.Yeats

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