| Front | scarce |
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| Back | scarce adjective, adverb BrE /skeəs/ NAmE /skers/ adjective word origin thesaurus example bank (scar•cer, scar•cest) if sth is scarce, there is not enough of it and it is only available in small quantities scarce resources Details of the accident are scarce. Food was becoming scarce. ˌmake yourself ˈscarce (informal) to leave somewhere and stay away for a time in order to avoid an unpleasant situation I could see he was annoyed so I made myself scarce. adverb word origin (literary) only just; almost not I can scarce remember him. |
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