scarce – מילון אנגלי-אנגלי
scarce
adj.
rare, not abundant, in short supply
adv.
barely, hardly, scarcely
Scarcity
Scarcity (also called
paucity) is the fundamental
economic problem of having seemingly unlimited human
wants in a world of limited
resources. It states that
society has insufficient productive resources to fulfill all human wants and needs.
scarce
Adjective
1. not enough; hard to find; "meat was scarce during the war"
(similar) insufficient, deficient
2. deficient in quantity or number compared with the demand; "fresh vegetables were scarce during the drought"
(antonym) abundant
(similar) rare
(see-also) meager, meagre, meagerly
(attribute) quantity
Adverb
1. by a small margin; "they could barely hear the speaker"; "we hardly knew them"; "just missed being hit"; "had scarcely rung the bell when the door flew open"; "would have scarce arrived before she would have found some excuse to leave"- W.B.Yeats
(synonym) barely, hardly, just, scarcely
scarce
příd.jm.
vzácný; těžko k nalezení
scarce
Przym.
niewystarczający
