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1.
not enough; hard to find
meat was scarce during the war
2.
deficient in quantity or number compared with the demand
fresh vegetables were scarce during the drought
'scarce' - used as a adverb
3.
by a small margin
would have scarce arrived before she would have found some excuse to leave
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derived forms
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1. Scarce / Comparitive
scarcer
2. Scarce / Superlative
scarcest
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