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What is another word for Scarce? – 170 Scarce Synonyms

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    Synonyms & Similar Words

    rare uncommon infrequent unusual sporadic limited meager insufficient deficient inadequate short lacking wanting needing sparse few scant thin slender skimpy bare minimal least slightest rarest hardest to find unobtainable inaccessible unreachable unattainable elusive evasive fleeting transitory ephemeral momentary brief short-lived fugitive rarefied uncommonly unusually extraordinarily exceptionally singularly

    Meaning of Scarce

    Insufficient or inadequate in amount, degree, or extent

    Definitions

    • Rare or hard to find, often due to a lack of supply or limited availability
    • Limited or restricted in some way, such as by law, regulation, or circumstance
    • Lacking or deficient in some quality or attribute, such as scarce talent or scarce experience
    • Unusually or exceptionally small in amount or degree, such as scarce rainfall or scarce sunlight

    Example Uses

    • The company is struggling to stay afloat due to scarce funding and limited resources
    • The rare book is scarce and highly sought after by collectors
    • The scarce attention given to the issue has made it difficult to raise awareness
    • The scarce rainfall in the region has led to a severe drought and water shortages
    • The scarce opportunities for employment have made it challenging for graduates to find work

    Antonyms & Near Antonyms

    abundant plentiful ample sufficient adequate enough plentiful rich lavish luxuriant profuse copious generous bountiful fertile prolific common frequent usual ordinary everyday familiar well-known widespread universal rampant pervasive ubiquitous widespread common numerous

    Related Nouns

    shortage scarcity deficiency lack need want insufficiency inadequacy paucity rarity uncommonness infrequency limitation restriction constraint dearth famine drought barrenness desolation emptiness hollowness vacancy void absence nonexistence

    Related Verbs

    lack need want require necessitate demand call for entail imply suggest indicate point to show demonstrate prove evidence attest testify bear out confirm verify validate substantiate scarcity rarefy limit restrict constrain reduce decrease diminish

    Related Adjectives

    rare uncommon infrequent unusual limited restricted constrained reduced decreased diminished minimal slightest least smallest shortest briefest fleeting transitory ephemeral momentary short-lived fugitive rarefied uncommonly unusually extraordinarily exceptionally singularly sparse thin slender skimpy bare meager insufficient deficient inadequate