Definition of scarce Scarce

/skɛˈɹs/ - [skers] - scarce

We found 12 definitions of scarce from 7 different sources.

What does scarce mean?

WordNet

Adjective scarce, scarcer, scarcest
scarce - deficient in quantity or number compared with the demand; "fresh vegetables were scarce during the drought"
		abundant present in great quantity; "an abundant supply of water"
		meager, meagerly, meagre, scrimpy, stingy deficient in amount or quality or extent; "meager resources"; "meager fare"
		quantity an adequate or large amount; "he had a quantity of ammunition"
		rare not widely distributed; "rare herbs"; "rare patches of green in the desert"

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Wiktionary

scarce (Adverb)
Scarcely, only just .
scarce (Adjective)
Uncommon, rare; difficult to find; insufficient to meet a demand.

Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

scarce (superl.)
Not plentiful or abundant; in small quantity in proportion to the demand; not easily to be procured; rare; uncommon.
scarce (superl.)
Scantily supplied (with); deficient (in); -- with of.
scarce (superl.)
Sparing; frugal; parsimonious; stingy.
scarce (adv.)
Alt. of Scarcely

OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω

scarce
Deficient in quantity or number compared with the demand.
scarce
Only a very short time before.

Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕

scarce
skārs, adj. not plentiful: not equal to the demand: rare: not common: parsimonious: deficient: short: scanty.—adj. Scarce′-beard′ed (Shak.), having a scanty beard.—adv. Scarce′ly, Scarce (B.), hardly, barely.—ns. Scarce′ment (archit.), a plain set-off or projection in a wall; Scarce′ness; Scarc′ity, state of being scarce: deficiency: rareness: niggardliness: want: famine.—Make one's self scarce, to decamp. [O. Fr. escars (Fr. échars), niggardly—Low L. scarpsus=ex-carpsus, for L. excerptus, pa.p. of excerpēre—ex, out of, carpēre, to pick.]

Vulgar Tongue DictionaryDictionary of the Vulgar Tongue 👅

scarce
To make one's self scarce; to steal away.

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scarce, adjective, not comparable.

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scarce in sign language