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"Scarce" Definition

adverb

Barely or hardly; scarcely.

adjective

Hard to find; absent or rare: Steel pennies are scarce now except in coin shops.
Insufficient to meet a demand or requirement; short in supply: Fresh vegetables were scarce during the drought.
Deficient in quantity or number compared with the demand not plentiful or abundant.
Intentionally absent .

idiom

Make (oneself) scarce Informal To depart, especially quickly or furtively; abscond.
Make (oneself) scarce Informal To stay away; be absent or elusive.

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