Scarce
adjective
Not enough or just barely enough; deficient in quantity or number.
In the dry season, water becomes scarce.
Often appears as...
- scarce resources
- scarce commodity
adverb
Only just; hardly.
He could scarce believe his luck.
Often appears as...
- scarce believe
- scarce recognize
adjective
Not enough or just barely enough; deficient in quantity or number.
In the dry season, water becomes scarce.
Often appears as...
- scarce resources
- scarce commodity
adverb
Only just; hardly.
He could scarce believe his luck.
Often appears as...
- scarce believe
- scarce recognize
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Pro Tip 1/3Economic Context
Often used in economics to discuss limited resources or supply.
Skilled workers are scarce in this industry.
Pro Tip 2/3Urgency or Need
Indicates a critical shortage, suggesting urgent action or concern.
With donations scarce, the charity struggled to help.
Pro Tip 3/3Natural Occurrences
Describes elements of nature that are not abundant.
Rain is scarce in a desert climate.
Pro Tip 1/3Economic Context
Often used in economics to discuss limited resources or supply.
Skilled workers are scarce in this industry.
Pro Tip 2/3Urgency or Need
Indicates a critical shortage, suggesting urgent action or concern.
With donations scarce, the charity struggled to help.
Pro Tip 3/3Natural Occurrences
Describes elements of nature that are not abundant.
Rain is scarce in a desert climate.
Pro Tip 1/3Economic Context
Often used in economics to discuss limited resources or supply.
Skilled workers are scarce in this industry.
Pro Tip 2/3Urgency or Need
Indicates a critical shortage, suggesting urgent action or concern.
With donations scarce, the charity struggled to help.
Pro Tip 3/3Natural Occurrences
Describes elements of nature that are not abundant.
Rain is scarce in a desert climate.
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Go Inside an Antarctic...
supermarket in the world packed for the lantern fish which is their primary prey here but my favorite part is the crash when the chicks of five weeks old their parents leave them in a kindergarten food becomes scarce during the winter so both of the parents have to go out into the open ocean to hunt depending on
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Why the Arctic is...
For the rest of the year, when sunlight is scarce, the increased moisture and clouds actually warm the surface by trapping the Earth's heat, turning the feedback loop positive for all but a couple of months. While negative feedback loops encourage stability by pushing a system towards equilibrium,
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The otherworldly...
But they're the exception. Most deep-sea creatures are confined to a narrow range in the water column where nutrients are scarce since the food drifting downwards from the surface rapidly sinks to the sea floor. Plunging all the way down, we find more exotic creatures.
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Unbelievable Bird...
food is so scarce that more than two adults are needed to search for it if a nest full of chicks is to be kept supplied this bird is not the parent of these nestlings it's one of last year's chicks who has stayed on to help raise this year's brood
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Capitalism will eat...
a sum of cosmos units proportional to the country's trade deficit, or indeed to a country's trade surplus. And imagine that that fund is utilized to invest in green technologies, especially in parts of the world where investment funding is scarce.
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When is water safe to...
And in regions where large-scale systems are unavailable, or where water has been contaminated further along its journey, these systems can mean the difference between life and death. Clean water remains a precious and often scarce commodity.
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Bilal Bomani: Plant...
Ninety-seven percent of the world's water is saltwater. How about we use that? Combine that with number three. Do not use arable land. Because crops are already growing on that land that's very scarce around the world.
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Myths and misconceptions...
calories were scarce, and there was nothing to anticipate that this would later change so quickly. So, evolution proceeds blindly, step by step by step, creating all of the diversity we see in the natural world.
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Protecting the ocean for...
spent much of his life in a boat just off our coast since his father taught him to fish over the next three hours we got three small fish fish he explained were scarce fishers regularly used illegal methods
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How Climate Change...
peace adelies usually have two chicks each and the most aggressive one is always fed first as the pack eye shrinks food is scarce skewers are particularly alert to weak
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Go Inside an Antarctic...
supermarket in the world packed for the lantern fish which is their primary prey here but my favorite part is the crash when the chicks of five weeks old their parents leave them in a kindergarten food becomes scarce during the winter so both of the parents have to go out into the open ocean to hunt depending on
Video examples
Why the Arctic is...
For the rest of the year, when sunlight is scarce, the increased moisture and clouds actually warm the surface by trapping the Earth's heat, turning the feedback loop positive for all but a couple of months. While negative feedback loops encourage stability by pushing a system towards equilibrium,
Video examples
The otherworldly...
But they're the exception. Most deep-sea creatures are confined to a narrow range in the water column where nutrients are scarce since the food drifting downwards from the surface rapidly sinks to the sea floor. Plunging all the way down, we find more exotic creatures.
Video examples
Unbelievable Bird...
food is so scarce that more than two adults are needed to search for it if a nest full of chicks is to be kept supplied this bird is not the parent of these nestlings it's one of last year's chicks who has stayed on to help raise this year's brood
Video examples
Capitalism will eat...
a sum of cosmos units proportional to the country's trade deficit, or indeed to a country's trade surplus. And imagine that that fund is utilized to invest in green technologies, especially in parts of the world where investment funding is scarce.
Video examples
When is water safe to...
And in regions where large-scale systems are unavailable, or where water has been contaminated further along its journey, these systems can mean the difference between life and death. Clean water remains a precious and often scarce commodity.
Video examples
Bilal Bomani: Plant...
Ninety-seven percent of the world's water is saltwater. How about we use that? Combine that with number three. Do not use arable land. Because crops are already growing on that land that's very scarce around the world.
Video examples
Myths and misconceptions...
calories were scarce, and there was nothing to anticipate that this would later change so quickly. So, evolution proceeds blindly, step by step by step, creating all of the diversity we see in the natural world.
Video examples
Protecting the ocean for...
spent much of his life in a boat just off our coast since his father taught him to fish over the next three hours we got three small fish fish he explained were scarce fishers regularly used illegal methods
Video examples
How Climate Change...
peace adelies usually have two chicks each and the most aggressive one is always fed first as the pack eye shrinks food is scarce skewers are particularly alert to weak
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James Hogg
Scottish Poet
He was scarcely then a year old, and knew so little of herding that he had never turned a sheep in his life; but as soon as he discovered it was his duty to do so I can never forget with what anxiety and eagerness he learned his different evolutions.
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Yo-Yo Ma
American Musician
I'm not likely to forget where I've been and what I've done and learned. I think it's just as important to play new instruments as to play new pieces. The old ones are getting scarcer and the new ones more and more wonderful.
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Rutger Bregman
Dutch Historian
While it won't solve all the world's ills - and ideas such as a rent cap and more social housing are necessary in places where housing is scarce - a basic income would work like venture capital for the people.
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Robert Green Ingersoll
American Lawyer
The truth is that nearly everybody is right about some things and wrong about most things; and if a man's testimony is not to be taken until he is right on every subject, witnesses will be extremely scarce.
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Emmeline Pankhurst
English Activist
My parents, especially my father, discussed the question of my brothers' education as a matter of real importance. My education and that of my sister were scarcely discussed at all.
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Elbert Hubbard
American Writer
There is something that is much more scarce, something finer far, something rarer than ability. It is the ability to recognize ability.
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Amanda Gorman
American Poet
When you're someone who's lived a life where certain resources were scarce, you always feel like abundance is forbidden fruit.
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Zachary Taylor
American President
I know enough of the family life of officers. I scarcely know my own children or they me.
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Josh Billings
American Comedian
As scarce as truth is, the supply has always been in excess of the demand.
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Nick Carter
American Musician
Live life to the fullest, for the future is scarce.
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James Hogg
Scottish Poet
He was scarcely then a year old, and knew so little of herding that he had never turned a sheep in his life; but as soon as he discovered it was his duty to do so I can never forget with what anxiety and eagerness he learned his different evolutions.
Quote examples
Yo-Yo Ma
American Musician
I'm not likely to forget where I've been and what I've done and learned. I think it's just as important to play new instruments as to play new pieces. The old ones are getting scarcer and the new ones more and more wonderful.
Quote examples
Rutger Bregman
Dutch Historian
While it won't solve all the world's ills - and ideas such as a rent cap and more social housing are necessary in places where housing is scarce - a basic income would work like venture capital for the people.
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Robert Green Ingersoll
American Lawyer
The truth is that nearly everybody is right about some things and wrong about most things; and if a man's testimony is not to be taken until he is right on every subject, witnesses will be extremely scarce.
Quote examples
Emmeline Pankhurst
English Activist
My parents, especially my father, discussed the question of my brothers' education as a matter of real importance. My education and that of my sister were scarcely discussed at all.
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Elbert Hubbard
American Writer
There is something that is much more scarce, something finer far, something rarer than ability. It is the ability to recognize ability.
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Amanda Gorman
American Poet
When you're someone who's lived a life where certain resources were scarce, you always feel like abundance is forbidden fruit.
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Zachary Taylor
American President
I know enough of the family life of officers. I scarcely know my own children or they me.
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Josh Billings
American Comedian
As scarce as truth is, the supply has always been in excess of the demand.
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Nick Carter
American Musician
Live life to the fullest, for the future is scarce.
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