Scarce

/ˈskɛəs/

Synonyms for "scarce" (134 found)

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Closest matches (27)

Determiner(4 words)

a small numberfew instancesfew minutesfew options

almost unheard-ofat a premiumbarely cheeseparing chinchy chintzy curtailed deficient exceptional exiguous failing few

Adverb(1 words)

barely

Adjective(5 words)

deficientempty shelvesfinitefinite resourcefinite set

Verb(1 words)

eked

Noun(3 words)

few resourcesfossil fuel depletionfr exclusif

Adjective(1 words)

geason

Strong matches (40)

hardlyin short supplyinadequate infrequent insufficient lacking meager miserly niggardlynot to be hadoccasionalout of printout of seasonout of stockpiddling poor premium rare

Adverb(2 words)

hardly just

Adjective(3 words)

infrequent lank rare

Adjective(15 words)

infrequent insufficient knapp limitedlimited availabilitylimited infrastructurelimited quantitylimited resourceslow countlow count samplesmeagernonrenewable resourcespunier rarerare case

Noun(2 words)

low paupers

Related words (67)

Noun(8 words)

rare casesrares scanting scraping shoestring sparingspecies scarcitythe few

Adjective(24 words)

rare fossilrare phenomenonrare valuerarer rarest scantscant amountscant numberscant turnoutscantiestscarce resourcesscarcest shortsmall numbersmall quantitysmall remnant populationsparsesparse indicatorssparse matrixthin

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thin argumentthreadbare uncommonuncommon organism

Adjective(2 words)

raresome slender

scant scanty scarcely scattered scrimping scrimpy seldomseldom met withseldom seenshort shortened shy skimping skimpy slender slim slow sparse sporadic spotty

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sprinkled stingy thin tight truncated uncommon unfrequent unique unusual wanting

Adverb(1 words)

scarcely

Verb(2 words)

starved strained

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

7 relation types

More general

9 entries

availability distributioneconomic principlefrequency insufficient limited occurrence quantityresource allocation

More specific

13 entries

critical resourcesessential goodsinfrequent sightingsmeager amountmeager supplyrare booksrare metalsscant resourcessparse fundingsparse populationthin coveragethin supplyuncommon artifacts

Collocations

6 entries

scarce datascarce foodscarce fundingscarce opportunitiesscarce rainfallscarce resources

Inflections

2 entries

scarcer scarcest

Derivations

2 entries

scarcely scarcity

Antonyms

1 entries

abundant

similar

7 entries

meager meagerly meagre rare scrimpy stingy tight

Sample sentences

22 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

Food is still scarce in the region.

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Water is scarce in this area.

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Rain is scarce in this country.

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Oil is scarce in this country.

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