| Main Entry: |
scarce |
| Part of Speech: |
adjective |
| Definition: |
insufficient, infrequent |
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, shortened,
shy,
sparse,
sporadic, truncated,
uncommon,
unusual,
wanting
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| Notes: |
rare means not widely known or recurring only at long intervals or not widely distributed; scarce means not enough or deficient in quantity or number compared with the demand |
Antonyms: |
abundant, frequent, plentiful, sufficient
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