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scarce
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- pronunciation:
- skeIrs
- features:
- Word Combinations (adjective)
| part of speech: |
adjective |
| inflections: |
scarcer, scarcest |
| definition 1: |
in short supply.
Food was scarce during the war.- synonyms:
- inadequate, insufficient, meager, short
- antonyms:
- abundant, plentiful
- similar words:
- deficient, lacking
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| definition 2: |
difficult to find; not common.
That kind of bird is scarce in this part of the country.- synonyms:
- exceptional, rare, uncommon, unusual
- antonyms:
- plentiful
- similar words:
- notable, remarkable
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| related words: |
insufficient, low, meager, scant, short, slight |
adverb + (adj.)scarce
desperately, extremely, increasingly, lately, relatively
(adj.)scarce
+ adverb
hence, nowadays
(adj.)scarce
+ noun
allowance,
capital,
cash,
commodity,
currency,
dollar,
employment,
exchange,
expertise,
farmer,
fund,
funding,
good,
hen,
lobster,
parking,
prairie,
rainfall,
reserve,
resource,
snake,
spectrum,
supply,
tooth,
worm,
youth
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| derivation: |
scarceness (n.) |
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