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Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
scarce (adjective)1.
deficient in quantity or number compared with the demand not plentiful or abundant
2.
intentionally absent - made himself scarce at inspection time infrequent
- scarcely hardly scarce was independence half a century old, when a … split occurred John McPhee
Merriam-Webster Online Thesaurus
scarce (adjective)1.
less plentiful than what is normal, necessary, or desirable
SYNONYMS:
exiguous, hand-to-mouth, light, niggardly, poor, scant, scanty, scarce, skimp, skimpy, slender, slim, spare, sparing, sparse, stingyRELATED WORDS:
deficient, inadequate, insufficient, lacking, short, wanting; bare, bare-bones; least, littlest, lowest, mere, minimal, slightest; slight, small, thin; barren, infertile, sterile, unfruitful, unproductiveNEAR ANTONYMS:
adequate, enough, satisfactory, sufficient, tolerable; fat, fecund, fertile, fruitful, prolific, rich; lavish, luxuriant; blooming, bursting, flourishing, proliferative, swarming, teeming, thriving; excess, extra, surplus2.
not coming up to an expected measure or meeting a particular need
SYNONYMS:
deficient, inadequate, insufficient, lacking, low, scarce, shy, wantingRELATED WORDS:
substandard, unacceptable, unsatisfactory; hand-to-mouth, lean, light, meager ( meagre), niggardly, poor, scant, scanty, skimp, skimpy, slender, slim, spare, sparse, stingy; bare, mere, minimum; slight, smallNEAR ANTONYMS:
abundant, ample, bounteous, bountiful, copious, generous, liberal, plenteous, plentiful, plentitudinous; enlarged, expanded, supplemented; abounding, overflowing, teeming; satisfactory, tolerable; lavish, luxuriant, rich; big, considerable, hefty, jumbo, king-size ( king-sized), large, largish, oversize ( oversized), sizable ( sizeable), substantial, super