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1. seyrek, nadir, az bulunur.
2. kıt. nadir, seyrek, az bulunur, kit. kıt. kıt. s.
3. kıt. kıt, zor bulunur, az bulunur, sınırlı, nadir, seyrek.
4. kıt, zor bulunur, nadir, seyrek, az bulunur, sınırlı.
5. nadir. seyrek. az bulunur. kıt.
6. nadir. seyrek. az. eksik. kıt. zoraki. yok gibi.
7. kıt.
8. nadir. seyrek. az bulunur. kit.

Etymology : Middle English scars, from Old North French escars, from Vulgar Latin excarpsus, literally, plucked out, past participle of Latin excerpere to pluck out; more at EXCERPT
Pronunciation : 'skers, 'skars
Function : adjective
Date : 14th century

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1. rare, not abundant, in short supply. adbarely, hardly, scarcely. scarce\scarce\, scarcely \scarce"ly\ ], adv.
2. with difficulty; hardly; scantly; barely; but just. with a scarce well-lighted flame. the eldest scarcely five year was of age. slowly she sails, and scarcely stems the tides. he had scarcely finished, when the laborer arrived who had been sent for my ransom. irving.
3. frugally; penuriously. [obs.]scarce \scarce\ (skârs), a. [compar. scarcer (skâr"s&etilde;r); superl. scarcest.] [oe. scars, of. escars, eschars, ll. scarpsus, excarpsus, for l. excerptus, p. p. of excerpere to pick out, and hence to contract, to shorten; ex (see: ex-) + carpere. see: carpet, and cf. excerp.].
4. not plentiful or abundant; in small quantity in proportion to the demand; not easily to be procured; rare; uncommon. you tell him silver is scarcer now in england, and therefore risen one fifth in value. the scarcest of all is a pescennius niger on a medallion well preserved.
5. scantily supplied (with); deficient (in); -- with of. [obs.] "a region scarce of prey.".
6. sparing; frugal; parsimonious; stingy. [obs.] "too scarce ne too sparing.".
7. Not plentiful or abundant; in small quantity in proportion to the demand; not easily to be procured; rare; uncommon.
8. Scantily supplied ; deficient ; - - with of.
9. Sparing; frugal; parsimonious; stingy.
10. With difficulty; hardly; scantly; barely; but just.
11. Frugally; penuriously. deficient in quantity or number compared with the demand; "fresh vegetables were scarce during the drought" not enough; hard to find; "meat was scarce during the war".
12. 1. If something is scarce, there is not enough of it. Food was scarce and expensive the allocation of scarce resources.
13. If you make yourself scarce, you quickly leave the place you are in, usually in order to avoid a difficult or embarrassing situation. It probably would be a good idea if you made yourself scarce.