scarce
31scarce — /skeəs/ adjective not easily found or not common ● scarce raw materials ● Reliable trained staff are scarce …
32scarce — 1. adjective /ˈskɛːs,ˈskɛɚs/ a) Insufficient to meet a demand or requirement. b) Difficult to find, due to scarcity. 2. adverb /ˈskɛːs,ˈskɛɚs/ Scarcely, only just …
33scarce — [13] Scarce comes via Anglo Norman scars, earlier escars, from Vulgar Latin *excarpsus ‘picked out’, hence ‘rare’. This was the past participle of *excarpere, an alteration of classical Latin excerpere ‘picked out. select’ (source of English… …
34scarce — adjective (of a resource) insufficient for the demand. ↘rare. adverb archaic scarcely. Phrases make oneself scarce informal leave a place. Derivatives scarcely adverb scarceness noun scarcity noun Origi …
35scarce — see good men are scarce …
36scarce — [13] Scarce comes via Anglo Norman scars, earlier escars, from Vulgar Latin *excarpsus ‘picked out’, hence ‘rare’. This was the past participle of *excarpere, an alteration of classical Latin excerpere ‘picked out. select’ (source of English… …
37scarce — adj. & adv. adj. 1 (usu. predic.) (esp. of food, money, etc.) insufficient for the demand; scanty. 2 hard to find; rare. adv. archaic or literary scarcely. Phrases and idioms: make oneself scarce colloq. keep out of the way; surreptitiously… …
38scarce - scarcely — ◊ scarce Scarce is an adjective. If something that people use is scarce, very little of it is available. Good quality land is scarce. ...a place where water is scarce. ◊ rare You do not use …
39Scarce (surname) — Scarce is a surname, and may refer to:* Kevin Scarce (born 1952), Royal Australian Navy admiral * Mac Scarce (born 1949), American baseball player * Michael Scarce (21st century), American writer …
40Scarce Fritillary — Conservation status Data Deficient (I …
