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Definition of: scarce
(skârs) adjective
1. Rarely met with; infrequent.
2. Not plentiful, scant; insufficient.
3. Characterized or attended by insufficiency or want. See synonyms under RARE1, SCANTY.
—to make oneself scarce Colloq. To go away, or stay away. [<AF scars, escars, OF eschars scanty, insufficient, ult. <L excerptus. See EXCERPT.]
—scarce′ness noun
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