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1 scarce
[skeəs] adjectivenot many or enough in number:نادِر، غَيْر مُتَوَفِّرFood is scarce because of the drought.
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2 scarce
عَزِيز الوُجُود \ rare: uncommon; not often seen or found; not happening often: a rare bird; a rare visit to distant friends. scarce: not plentiful; difficult to get, for lack of supply: Water is scarce in desert lands. \ See Also نادر (نادِر) -
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نادِر \ exotic: foreign; strange; rare: an exotic plant; exotic clothes. scarce: not plentiful; difficult to get, for lack of supply: Water is scare in desert lands. -
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قَلِيل \ insufficient: not enough (in power, ability, etc.): insufficient knowledge; insufficient food. little: small; (of children) very young and small; (of time or distance) short: a little book; two little boys; Wait a little while. low: not high; not great in amount: low price; a low speed. poor: too small in quantity: a poor supply of wood; a poor attendance at the meeting. scarce: not plentiful; difficult to get, for lack of supply: Water is scare in desert lands. slight: small and usu. unimportant: a slight change; slight fever. slim: (of hopes or chances, etc.) weak: a slim chance of escape. small: (with no adv. form) little: a small child; the smallest house in the village. \ See Also صغير (صَغِير) -
5 scarce
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6 scarce aeschna
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8 scarce gas supply
Англо-русский словарь промышленной и научной лексики > scarce gas supply
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9 scarce oil supply
ограниченное, нормируемое нефтеснабжениеАнгло-русский словарь промышленной и научной лексики > scarce oil supply
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10 scarce resources
Англо-русский словарь промышленной и научной лексики > scarce resources
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11 make oneself scarce
to run away or stay away, especially in order to avoid trouble:يَتَوارى، يَغيب عن الأعْيُنAs soon as the police arrived, he made himself scarce.
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12 Terribly Scarce
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13 getting scarce
поредение; см. growing thinnerАнгло-русский словарь промышленной и научной лексики > getting scarce
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14 מצוי בצמצום
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15 редко встречающийся
Русско-английский биологический словарь > редко встречающийся
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16 редкий
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17 скудный
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18 af skornum skammti
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19 дефицитный
Русско-английский словарь по вычислительной технике и программированию > дефицитный
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20 недостаточный
Русско-английский словарь по вычислительной технике и программированию > недостаточный
См. также в других словарях:
scarce — [skeəs ǁ skers] adjective if something is scarce, there is not enough of it available: • Here, land is a scarce resource and house prices have risen sharply. • Jobs are scarce. scarcity noun [singular, uncountable] : • the present scarcity of… … Financial and business terms
Scarce — (sk[^a]rs), a. [Compar. {Scarcer} (sk[^a]r s[ e]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… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Scarce — Scarce, Scarcely Scarce ly, adv. 1. With difficulty; hardly; scantly; barely; but just. [1913 Webster] With a scarce well lighted flame. Milton. [1913 Webster] The eldest scarcely five year was of age. Chaucer. [1913 Webster] Slowly she sails,… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
scarce — scarce·ly; scarce·ment; scarce·ness; scarce; … English syllables
scarce — ► ADJECTIVE 1) (of a resource) insufficient for the demand. 2) rarely found. ● make oneself scarce Cf. ↑make oneself scarce DERIVATIVES scarcity noun. ORIGIN O … English terms dictionary
scarce — [skers] adj. scarcer, scarcest [ME scars < NormFr escars (for OFr eschars) < VL * escarpsus, for L excerptus, pp. of excerpere, to pick out, select (see EXCERPT); hence, that which is picked out and therefore scarce] 1. not common; rarely… … English World dictionary
scarce — (adj.) c.1300, restricted in quantity, from O.N.Fr. scars (O.Fr. eschars) from V.L. *escarpsus, from *excarpere pluck out, from L. excerpere pluck out (see EXCERPT (Cf. excerpt)). Phrase to make oneself scarce go away first attested 1809 in Gil… … Etymology dictionary
scarce — I adjective at a premium, dear, deficient, few, inadequate, incomplete, inconsiderable, insufficient, limited, little, low, meager, minute, not abundant, not plentiful, out of the way, paltry, rare, rarus, scant, seldom met with, short, skimpy,… … Law dictionary
scarce — rare, uncommon, *infrequent, occasional, sporadic Analogous words: *deficient: curtailed, abridged, shortened (see SHORTEN) Antonyms: abundant … New Dictionary of Synonyms
scarce — [adj] insufficient, infrequent at a premium, deficient, failing, few, few and far between*, in short supply, limited, occasional, rare, scant, scanty, seldom, seldom met with, semioccasional, short, shortened, shy, sparse, sporadic, truncated,… … New thesaurus
scarce|ly — «SKAIRS lee», adverb. 1. not quite; barely: »I can scarcely hear your voice. We could scarcely see the ship through the thick fog. SYNONYM(S): See syn. under hardly. (Cf. ↑hardly) 2. decidedly not: »He can scarcely have said that … Useful english dictionary