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scarce

/skeəs/

/skɛrs/

Übersetzungen

scarceadjektiv

scarcer

Komp.

scarcest

Super.

дефицитный

During the war, food was scarce.

Во время войны еда была дефицитной.

редкий

Clean water is scarce in some regions.

Чистая вода является редкой в некоторых регионах.

Synonyme

hard to find

Antonyme

scarceadverb

/skeəs/

/skɛrs/

Archaic/poetic use meaning 'scarcely; barely'.

Synonyme

almost not

Definitionen

scarceadjektiv

In short supply; not plentiful.

During the drought, water became scarce in the region.

Rare; uncommon and therefore valuable or interesting.

First editions of the novel are extremely scarce.

scarceadverb

Only just; scarcely; barely.

He had scarce finished speaking when the lights went out.