scarce
11scarce|ly — «SKAIRS lee», adverb. 1. not quite; barely: »I can scarcely hear your voice. We could scarcely see the ship through the thick fog. SYNONYM(S): See syn. under hardly. (Cf. ↑hardly) 2. decidedly not: »He can scarcely have said that …
12scarce — 01. Food in the area is [scarce], and the United Nations is pleading for aid. 02. Full time, permanent jobs are increasingly [scarce] these days as companies hire more and more people on contract. 03. Money is [scarce], and the government is… …
13Scarce — Filmdaten Deutscher Titel Scarce Produktionsland Kanada …
14Scarce —  Pour l’article homonyme, voir Scarce (film).  Scarce est un fanzine édité depuis 1983 par l’Association Saga[1]. Sommaire 1 Ligne éditoriale …
15scarce — scarce1 [skeəs US skers] adj comparative scarcer superlative scarcest [Date: 1200 1300; : Old North French; Origin: escars, from Vulgar Latin excarpsus pulled out , from Latin excerpere; EXCERPT] 1.) if something is scarce, there is not very much …
16scarce — scarce1 [ skers ] adjective * if something is scarce, there is not very much of it: Fresh water and medicine were scarce in the flooded region. scarce natural resources ─ opposite ABUNDANT make yourself scarce to stay away from a particular place …
17scarce — I UK [skeə(r)s] / US [skers] adjective Word forms scarce : adjective scarce comparative scarcer superlative scarcest * if something is scarce, there is not very much of it Fresh water and medicines were scarce in the disaster area. scarce natural …
18scarce — [[t]ske͟ə(r)s[/t]] scarcer, scarcest 1) ADJ GRADED: usu v link ADJ If something is scarce, there is not enough of it. Food was scarce and expensive... Jobs are becoming increasingly scarce. ...the allocation of scarce resources. 2) PHRASE: V… …
19Scarce — Recorded in the spellings of Scarce and occasionally Scarse, this is an English surname. It would seem however to derive from the Olde Norse Viking pre 7th century scarfs , meaning a vicious seabird and specifically a cormorant. Quite why anybody …
20scarce — adj. VERBS ▪ be, seem ▪ become, get, grow ▪ Medical supplies were growing scarce. ▪ remain …
