scarce

Definition of scarce in English English dictionary: Insufficient to meet a demand or requirement; Difficult to find, due to scarcity; Scarcely, only just
Upon the barred and slitted wall the splotched shadow of the heaven tree shuddered and pulsed monstrously in scarce any wind.; not enough; hard to find; "meat was scarce during the war; {a} uncommon, rare, not plentiful, dear; {a} hardly, rarely, scantily; A moderately difficult to locate and fairly expensive book See rare; Not plentiful or abundant; in small quantity in proportion to the demand; not easily to be procured; rare; uncommon; Scantily supplied (with); deficient (in); - - with of; not enough; hard to find; "meat was scarce during the war"; by a small margin; "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; Uncommon, but definitely not rare Difficult to obtain by a collector; seldom encountered The scarcity could be artificial, ie, due to hoarding Or, due to dealers reluctance to handle an item, due to its diminutive popularity In general, the size (printing or mintage) is not a major factor, as small issues usually find their way into hoards which are cumulatively larger than the collector market Something to do with the herd mentality of investors, I reckon; barely, hardly, scarcely; Frugally; penuriously; With difficulty; hardly; scantly; barely; but just; If something is scarce, there is not enough of it. Food was scarce and expensive the allocation of scarce resources; deficient in quantity or number compared with the demand; "fresh vegetables were scarce during the drought"; In short supply, but with more survivors accessible than of a coin labeled rare; deficient in quantity or number compared with the demand; "fresh vegetables were scarce during the drought" not enough; hard to find; "meat was scarce during the war; If you make yourself scarce, you quickly leave the place you are in, usually in order to avoid a difficult or embarrassing situation. It probably would be a good idea if you made yourself scarce; when a good or service is insufficient in quantity to satisfy the demand or need for it; Sparing; frugal; parsimonious; stingy; {s} rare, not abundant, in short supply; thin
scarce copper: a butterfly of the copper or gossamer-winged butterfly family, Lycaena virgaureae
scarce book: rare book
scarce supply: scanty supply, condition of having a lack of supplies
make oneself scarce: To leave or depart, or to avoid or stay away
Perhaps I should make myself scarce before he finds any more miserable tasks to assign to me.
scarcely: Certainly not
His clothes could scarcely be called shabby, at least they passed muster in the half-light, but one’s imagination could not have pictured the wearer embarking on the purchase of a half-crown box of chocolates or laying out ninepence on a carnation buttonhole.
scarcely: Probably not
One could scarcely find any trout in the stream without the stocking program.
scarcely: Almost not at all; by a small margin
Nature scarcely ever gives us the very best—for that we must have recourse to art.
scarcely: Frugally; penuriously
scarcely: {a} hardly, rarely, scantily
scarceness: {n} rareness, want
as scarce as hen's teeth: (deyim) Rare, uncommon, not many of them
Country doctors are as scarce as hen's teeth.
Scarcely: onethe
adverb scarce 2: scarcely
food is scarce: there is a shortage of food
make oneself scarce: go away, depart, leave
scarcely: With difficulty; hardly; scantly; barely; but just
scarcely: In a scarce manner; hardly; not much or at all
scarcely: barely, hardly; almost not
scarcely: almost not; "he hardly ever goes fishing"; "he was hardly more than sixteen years old"; "they scarcely ever used the emergency generator"
scarcely: If you say scarcely had one thing happened when something else happened, you mean that the first event was followed immediately by the second. Scarcely had they left before soldiers arrived armed with rifles
scarcely: by a small margin; "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
scarcely: emphasis You use scarcely to emphasize that something is only just true or only just the case. He could scarcely breathe I scarcely knew him He was scarcely more than a boy
scarcely: You can use scarcely to say that something is not true or is not the case, in a humorous or critical way. It can scarcely be coincidence = hardly
scarceness: a small and inadequate amount
scarceness: The quality or condition of being scarce; smallness of quantity in proportion to the wants or demands; deficiency; lack of plenty; short supply; penury; as, a scarcity of grain; a great scarcity of beauties
scarceness: The property of being scarce
scarceness: {i} rareness, scarcity, state of being in short supply

scarce

Turkish pronunciation

skers

Synonyms

at a premium, deficient, failing, few, few and far between, in short supply, limited, occasional, rare, scant, scanty, seldom, seldom met with, semioccasional, short

Antonyms

abundant, frequent, plentiful, sufficient

Pronunciation

/ˈskers/ /ˈskɛrs/

Etymology

[ 'skers, 'skars ] (adjective.) 14th century. From Northern Old French scars, escars ( > French échars), from Late Latin *scarsus, probably originally a participle form of *excarpere (“take out”), from Latin ex- + carpere.