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scarce
Overview of adj scarce
The adj scarce has 2 senses (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (1) scarce -- (not enough; hard to find; "meat was scarce during the war")
2. scarce -- (deficient in quantity or number compared with the demand; "fresh vegetables were scarce during the drought")
Overview of adv scarce
The adv scarce has 1 sense (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (1) barely, hardly, just, scarcely, scarce -- (by a small margin; "they could barely hear the speaker"; "we hardly knew them"; "just missed being hit"; "had scarcely rung the bell when the door flew open"; "would have scarce arrived before she would have found some excuse to leave"- W.B.Yeats)
Grep of noun scarce
scarceness
Antonyms of adj scarce
2 senses of scarce
Sense 1
scarce
INDIRECT (VIA insufficient) -> sufficient
Sense 2
scarce (vs. abundant)
abundant (vs. scarce)
=> abounding, galore(postnominal)
=> ample, copious, plenteous, plentiful, rich
=> bumper
=> copious, voluminous
=> easy
=> exuberant, lush, luxuriant, profuse, riotous
=> thick
=> long
=> overabundant, plethoric, rife
=> plentiful
=> rampant
=> rank
=> superabundant
=> teeming
=> torrential
=> verdant
=> well endowed
Similarity of adj scarce
2 senses of scarce
Sense 1
scarce
=> insufficient (vs. sufficient), deficient
Sense 2
scarce (vs. abundant)
=> rare
=> tight
Also See> meager#1, meagre#1, meagerly#1, stingy#2, scrimpy#1
Pertainyms of adj scarce
Attributes of adj scarce
1 of 2 senses of scarce
Sense 2
scarce (vs. abundant)
=> quantity
Domain of adj scarce
Domain Terms of adj scarce
Familiarity of adj scarce
scarce used as an adjective is rare (polysemy count =2)
Grep of adj scarce
scarce
Antonyms of adv scarce
Synonyms of adv scarce
1 sense of scarce
Sense 1
barely, hardly, just, scarcely, scarce
Pertainyms of adv scarce
Domain of adv scarce
Domain Terms of adv scarce
Familiarity of adv scarce
scarce used as an adverb is very rare (polysemy count =1)
Grep of adv scarce
scarce
scarcely
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