scarce
Uncommon, rare; difficult to find; insufficient to meet a demand.
Example
“By the end of the 20th century elephants had become scarce even in Africa.”
Other meanings
Scantily supplied (with); deficient (in); used with of.
“The project failed due to the scarce resources in the national market.”
Related words
- nonscarce
- scarcement
- unscarce
- make oneself scarce
- scarce as hen's teeth
- scarce chaser
- scarce copper
- scarcely
- scarcen
- scarceness
Word history
From Latin "ex-".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “scarce” on Wiktionary, by its contributors, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.