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Pronunciation
(Received Pronunciation|UK) IPA|/�sk��s/, SAMPA|/"skE@s/
(General American|US) IPA|/�sk��s/, SAMPA|/"skE@`s/
audio|en-us-scarce.ogg|Audio (US)

Adjective
scarce (comparative: scarcer, superlative: scarcest)

1. insufficient to meet a demand or requirement.
2. difficult to find, due to scarcity.

Translations

Arabic: ARchar|�ادر IPAchar|(n�der)
Chinese: 缺� (qu�fá)
Dutch: schaars
Estonian: napp
Finnish: niukka
French: rare#French|rare
German: spärlich
Hungarian: ritka
mid
Italian: scarso
Japanese: �� (���, marena)
Korean: �문 (deumun)
Persian: FAchar|�اکا�� (nakafi), FAchar|ک��اب (kamyâb), FAchar|�ادر (nâdir)
Portuguese: escasso
Russian: �к�дн�й (skúdnyj)
Spanish: escaso
Swedish: knapp

Adverb
scarce
#scarcely, only just.
#:And so faintly you came tapping, tapping at my chamber door, That I scarce was sure I heard you w:The Raven|The Raven by Edgar Allen Poe (1854)

See also
make oneself scarce

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