How to Spell scarce
scarce
scarce - adjective
- Deficient in quantity or number compared with the demand : not plentiful or abundant
Source: Merriam-Webster Dictionary API
Etymology
Middle English scars, from Anglo-French eschars, escars narrow, stingy, deficient, from Vulgar Latin *excarpsus, literally, plucked out, past participle of Latin excerpere to pluck out {mat|excerpt|}
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