Definitions for Scarce
skɛərsscarce

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:4.5 / 4 votes

1. scarceadverb

   deficient in quantity or number compared with the demand

   "fresh vegetables were scarce during the drought"

2. barely, hardly, just, scarcely, scarceadverb

   only a very short time before

   "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

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. scarceadverb

   Scarcely, only just.

2. scarceadjective

   Uncommon, rare; difficult to find; insufficient to meet a demand.

3. Etymology: From Northern scars, escars (> French échars), from *, probably originally a participle form of *, from ex- + carpere.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. SCARCEadjective

   Etymology: scarso, Italian; schaers, Dutch.

   1. Not plentiful.

   A Swede will no more sell you his hemp for less silver, because you tell him silver is scarcer now in England, and therefore risen one fifth in value, than a tradesman of London will sell his commodity cheaper to the Isle of Man, because money is scarce there. John Locke.

   2. Rare; not common.

   The scarcest of all is a Pescennius Niger on a medallion well preserved. Addison.

2. Scarce, Scarcelyadverb

   Etymology: from the adjective.

   1. Hardly; scantly.

   A thing which we so little hoped to see, that even they which beheld it done scarcely believed their own senses. Richard Hooker.

   When we our betters see bearing our woes,
   We scarcely think our miseries our foes. William Shakespeare, King Lear.

   Age, which unavoidably is but one remove from death, and consequently should have nothing about it but what looks like a decent preparation for it, scarce ever appears, of late days, but in the high mode, the flaunting garb, and utmost gaudery of youth. South.

   You neither have enemies, nor can scarce have any. Dryd.

   2. With difficulty.

   He scarcely knew him, striving to disown
   His blotted form, and blushing to be known. Dryden.

   Slowly he fails, and scarcely stems the tides;
   The pressing water pours within her sides. Dryden.

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1. scarce

   Scarcity refers to a situation where the availability of a resource or commodity is limited or insufficient to meet the wants and needs of individuals or society as a whole. It is a fundamental economic concept that recognizes that resources are finite, while human desires and needs are infinite. In a scarce situation, there is a mismatch between the available supply of a resource and the demand or desire for it. As a result, choices and trade-offs are necessary to allocate resources effectively and efficiently.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Scarce

   not plentiful or abundant; in small quantity in proportion to the demand; not easily to be procured; rare; uncommon

2. Scarce

   scantily supplied (with); deficient (in); -- with of

3. Scarce

   sparing; frugal; parsimonious; stingy

4. Scarceadverb

   alt. of Scarcely

WikidataRate this definition:1.0 / 2 votes

1. Scarce

   Scarce is an Alternative rock band formed in Rhode Island, New York, USA. They were active from 1993 to 1997, and reformed in 2008.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. 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.]

Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. SCARCE

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Scarce is ranked #72105 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Scarce surname appeared 270 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Scarce.
   
   93.7% or 253 total occurrences were White.
   2.2% or 6 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.
   1.8% or 5 total occurrences were of two or more races.

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Anagrams for Scarce »

1. arcsec

How to pronounce Scarce?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say Scarce in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Scarce in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Scarce in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of Scarce in a Sentence

1. Arthur Caplan:

   The flu could kill you, a cold could kill you, COVID could kill you. The organs are scarce, we are not going to distribute them to someone who has a poor chance of living when others who are vaccinated have a better chance post-surgery of surviving.

2. Richard Baxter:

   He is not drowning His sheep when He washeth them, nor killing them when He is shearing them. But by this He showeth that they are His own and the newshorn sheep do most visibly bear His name or mark, when it is almost worn out and scarce discernible on them that have the longest fleece.

3. Abid Qaiyum Suleri:

   The government should introduce water-efficient seed varieties in water-stressed areas and train farmers on using drip irrigation and sprinkle irrigation to save the scarce resource.

4. Richard Gorry:

   In the longer-term, it's not really a question of oversupply. Oil is still a scarce resource, outside the U.S., we haven't seen supply rising by much, so in the longer term the Iranian oil will actually be needed to keep the market balanced.

5. Bernard Mandeville:

   The multitude will hardly believe the excessive force of education, and in the difference of modesty between men and women, ascribe that to nature, which is altogether owing to early instruction: Miss is scarce three years old, but she's spoke to every day to hide her leg, and rebuked in good earnest if she shows it; whilst little Master at the same age is bid to take up his coats, and piss like a man.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=Scarce
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Scarce
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=Scarce
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Scarce
6. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=Scarce
7. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=Scarce
8. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
   https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html
9. ^ Usage in printed sources
   https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=Scarce