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Definitions of scarce
  1. adverb
    almost not
    "he was scarce sixteen years old" "they scarcely ever used the emergency generator"

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  2. adverb
    only a very short time before
    "had scarcely rung the bell when the door flew open" "would have scarce arrived before she would have found some excuse to leave"

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  3. adjective
    deficient in quantity or number compared with the demand
    "fresh vegetables were scarce during the drought"

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Examples of scarce
  • "he was scarce sixteen years old"
  • "they scarcely ever used the emergency generator"
  • "had scarcely rung the bell when the door flew open"
  • "would have scarce arrived before she would have found some excuse to leave"
  • "fresh vegetables were scarce during the drought"
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