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scarceadjective less plentiful than what is normal, necessary, or desirablefood was a bit scarce last winter exiguous, hand-to-mouth, light, meager(or meagre), niggardly, poor, scant, scanty, skimp, skimpy, slender, slim, spare, sparing, sparse, stingy deficient, inadequate, insufficient, lacking, short, wantingbare, bare-bonesleast, littlest, lowest, mere, minimal, slightestslight, small, thinbarren, infertile, sterile, unfruitful, unproductive thin on the ground abundant, ample, bountiful, copious, generous, liberal, plenteous, plentiful adequate, enough, satisfactory, sufficient, tolerablefat, fecund, fertile, fruitful, prolific, richlavish, luxuriantblooming, bursting, flourishing, proliferative, swarming, teeming, thrivingexcess, extra, surplus not coming up to an expected measure or meeting a particular needhelp is always scarce in the resort town during the busy summer season deficient, inadequate, insufficient, lacking, low, short, shy, wanting substandard, unacceptable, unsatisfactoryhand-to-mouth, lean, light, meager(or meagre), niggardly, poor, scant, scanty, skimp, skimpy, slender, slim, spare, sparse, stingybare, mere, minimumslight, small adequate, enough, sufficient abundant, ample, bounteous, bountiful, copious, generous, liberal, plenteous, plentiful, plenitudinousenlarged, expanded, supplementedabounding, overflowing, teemingsatisfactory, tolerablelavish, luxuriant, richbig, considerable, hefty, jumbo, king-size(or king-sized), large, largish, oversize(or oversized), sizable(or sizeable), substantial, super infrequent, uncommon, scarce, rare, sporadic mean not common or abundant.infrequent implies occurrence at wide intervals in space or time.infrequent family visits uncommon suggests a frequency below normal expectation.smallpox is now uncommon in many countries scarce implies falling short of a standard or required abundance.jobs were scarce during the Depression rare suggests extreme scarcity or infrequency and often implies consequent high value.rare first editions sporadic implies occurrence in scattered instances or isolated outbursts.sporadic cases of influenza in the 14th century |