'scarce' in a sentence
Learn how to use 'scarce' with 7 example sentences.
- scarce adjective
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: deficient in quantity or number compared with the demand
- scarce adverb
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: 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.