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IELTS word

scarce

/skɛrs/adjective

English definition

available only in small amounts

Common phrases / collocations

  1. scarce resources
  2. increasingly scarce
  3. water is scarce

Example sentences

  1. 1.

    Fresh water is scarce during the dry season.

  2. 2.

    Affordable housing is increasingly scarce.

  3. 3.

    Food became scarce after the long drought.

Visual learning

See the meaning

A nearly dry well holds only one small bucket of water during a drought.
available only in small amounts
1dry conditions
2little remains
very little left→hard to obtain