scarce
scarce: adj. & adv. --adj.
1 (usu. predic.) (esp. of food, money, etc.) insufficient for the demand; scanty.
2 hard to find; rare. --adv. archaic or literary scarcely. make oneself scarce colloq. keep out of the way; surreptitiously disappear. scarceness n. [ME f. AF & ONF (e)scars, OF eschars f. L excerpere: see EXCERPT]
Most popular pairs with scarce
scarce as
scarce resources
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