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Scarce I Adverb  Word Origin Adjective Bre Skeəs

Front scarce
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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