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'scarce' in a sentence

Learn how to use 'scarce' with 7 example sentences.


scarce adjective

: deficient in quantity or number compared with the demand

scarce adverb

: only a very short time before

: almost not


  • Apples are scarce this year.
  • Gasoline is scarce around here.
  • Rain is scarce in this country.
  • The trees were very scarce.
  • Telephone booths are very scarce around here.
  • Knowledge is scarce; wisdom is scarcer.
  • I'll make myself scarce.
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