āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻ¸āĻ¨ā§āĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻ āĻāĻŋāĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
scarce
01
āĻĻā§āĻ°ā§āĻ˛āĻ, āĻ āĻĒāĻ°ā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻĒā§āĻ¤
existing in smaller amounts than what is needed
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
Jobs were scarce in the rural town, forcing many residents to commute to nearby cities for work.
āĻā§āĻ°āĻžāĻŽā§āĻŖ āĻļāĻšāĻ°ā§ āĻāĻžāĻāĻ°āĻŋ āĻĻā§āĻˇā§āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻžāĻĒā§āĻ¯ āĻāĻŋāĻ˛, āĻ¯āĻžāĻ° āĻĢāĻ˛ā§ āĻ
āĻ¨ā§āĻ āĻŦāĻžāĻ¸āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āĻĻāĻžāĻā§ āĻāĻžāĻā§āĻ° āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻāĻžāĻāĻžāĻāĻžāĻāĻŋ āĻļāĻšāĻ°ā§ āĻ¯āĻžāĻ¤āĻžāĻ¯āĻŧāĻžāĻ¤ āĻāĻ°āĻ¤ā§ āĻŦāĻžāĻ§ā§āĻ¯ āĻšāĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛āĨ¤
02
āĻĻā§āĻ°ā§āĻ˛āĻ, āĻ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻžāĻā§āĻ°ā§āĻ¯
present in very limited amounts or number and not commonly found or encountered
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The endangered bird species is becoming increasingly scarce due to habitat loss.
āĻŦāĻžāĻ¸āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāĻ¨ āĻšāĻžāĻ°āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻāĻžāĻ°āĻŖā§ āĻŦāĻŋāĻĒāĻ¨ā§āĻ¨ āĻĒāĻžāĻāĻŋāĻ° āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻāĻžāĻ¤āĻŋ āĻā§āĻ°āĻŽāĻļ āĻĻā§āĻ°ā§āĻ˛āĻ āĻšāĻ¯āĻŧā§ āĻāĻ āĻā§āĨ¤
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
She had scarce arrived at the office when the meeting started.
āĻ¸āĻāĻž āĻļā§āĻ°ā§ āĻšāĻāĻ¯āĻŧāĻžāĻ° āĻ¸āĻŽāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻ¸āĻŦā§ āĻ
āĻĢāĻŋāĻ¸ā§ āĻĒā§āĻāĻā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛ā§āĻ¨āĨ¤
02
āĻā§āĻŦ āĻāĻŽ
in a way that almost not at all happens or exists
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
He could scarce believe his luck when he found the lost wallet intact.
āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻ¸āĻšāĻā§ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻžāĻā§āĻ¯ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āĻŦāĻžāĻ¸ āĻāĻ°āĻ¤ā§ āĻĒāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻ¨āĻ¨āĻŋ āĻ¯āĻāĻ¨ āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻšāĻžāĻ°āĻžāĻ¨ā§ āĻāĻ¯āĻŧāĻžāĻ˛ā§āĻāĻāĻŋ āĻ
āĻā§āĻˇāĻ¤ āĻ
āĻŦāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻĒā§āĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛ā§āĻ¨āĨ¤
āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāĻ¤āĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ āĻāĻžāĻ
scarcely
scarceness
scarce
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