scarce
🇺🇸
/skers/
🇬🇧
/skeəs/
adjective
R
not enough of something; hard to find
Fresh water is scarce in the desert.
adverb
R
only just; barely
Food was so scarce that we could scarce find enough to eat.
translation
not enough of something; hard to find
only just; barely
Word Forms
Comparative
scarcer
Superlative
scarcest