scarce

[US]/skeəs/
[UK]/skers/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

adj. lacking in quantity or quality, uncommon

Phrases & Collocations

scarce resources

scarce water supply

scarce opportunities

scarce availability

scarce information

Example Sentences

a scarce nester in Britain.

evidence is scarce and often undependable.

Money is scarce with them .

a babe scarce two years old.

speculative hoarding of scarce supplies

Eggs are scarce and expensive this month.

That bird has become scarce in this country.

The food was scarce during the war.

make yourself scarce before you wake the whole house.

food is scarce and more often than not they go hungry.

jobs are scarce at the moment, so you've got to be realistic.

the freshwater shrimp becomes scarce in soft water.

I was hunting for work. Jobs were scarce though.

but scarce again his horn he wound.

Fresh vegetables were scarce during the drought.

Now that oil is scarce, the fate of the motor car is uncertain.

the need to economize scarce energy resources.

as raw materials became scarce, synthetics were developed.

Steel pennies are scarce now except in coin shops.

City residents complain that migrant workers have threatened to take already scarce urban jobs.

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