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scarce |
Grep of noun scarce scarceness 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) 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(predicate) => ample, copious, plenteous, plentiful, rich => bumper => copious, extensive => easy => thick => long => overabundant, plethoric, rife => plentiful => superabundant => teeming, swarming => torrential => well endowed => exuberant, lush, luxuriant, profuse, riotous => rank 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 Attributes of adj scarce 1 of 2 senses of scarce Sense 2 scarce (vs. abundant) => quantity Familiarity of adj scarce scarce used as an adjective is rare (polysemy count = 2) Grep of adj scarce 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)
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