What does Scarce mean?
Definitions for Scarce
skɛərsscarce
This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word Scarce.
Princeton's WordNet
scarceadverb
deficient in quantity or number compared with the demand
"fresh vegetables were scarce during the drought"
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
Wiktionary
scarceadverb
Scarcely, only just.
scarceadjective
Uncommon, rare; difficult to find; insufficient to meet a demand.
Etymology: From Northern scars, escars (> French échars), from *, probably originally a participle form of *, from ex- + carpere.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
SCARCEadjective
Etymology: scarso, Italian; schaers, Dutch.
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.
The scarcest of all is a Pescennius Niger on a medallion well preserved. Addison.
Scarce, Scarcelyadverb
Etymology: from the adjective.
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.
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.
ChatGPT
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 Dictionary
Scarce
not plentiful or abundant; in small quantity in proportion to the demand; not easily to be procured; rare; uncommon
Scarce
scantily supplied (with); deficient (in); -- with of
Scarce
sparing; frugal; parsimonious; stingy
Scarceadverb
alt. of Scarcely
Wikidata
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 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.]
Surnames Frequency by Census Records
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 »
arcsec
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of Scarce in Chaldean Numerology is: 8
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of Scarce in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4
Examples of Scarce in a Sentence
We are not sure whether the capacity of the facility could meet all the demand and protect the environment from damage, compared with Guangdong, where our fabric mill sites are, Xinjiang's water is very scarce.
The government needs to invest about $15 billion per year to maintain current production (2.4 million bpd), and mounting problems will probably lead to a decline of 100,000-150,000 bpd this year, barring a meaningful recovery in oil prices or fresh loans from China in the second half of the year, scarce foreign exchange will probably force the state to default later this year, most likely in the fourth quarter.
There are things that they know much better than us, and if somebody knows how to make the most efficient use of scarce resources it's poor families, they are masters in establishing priorities, and we wanted to take that wisdom into the system.
In a water-scarce society, we can no longer tolerate this level of uncertainty, especially since groundwater is disappearing so rapidly.
Periods don't stop during a pandemic, but managing them safely and with dignity has become a whole lot harder, in many countries, period products have become scarce and vulnerable girls and young women, in particular, are going without.
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- نادرArabic
- vzácnýCzech
- spärlichGerman
- escasoSpanish
- nappEstonian
- نادر, کمیاب, ناکافیPersian
- niukkaFinnish
- rareFrench
- ainneamh, gannScottish Gaelic
- दुर्लभHindi
- ritkaHungarian
- scarsoItalian
- 稀なJapanese
- 드문Korean
- trūcīgsLatvian
- ongeonge, ongeMāori
- оскуденMacedonian
- schaarsDutch
- escassoPortuguese
- скудныйRussian
- knappSwedish
- nadraSwahili
- ender, nadide, nadirTurkish
- khan hiếmVietnamese
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