Now, visitors are scarce and the jungle is taking over, leaving some locals nostalgic.
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We fight over their ownership and control, as if reality were a resource as scarce as the water and oil in Mad Max.
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After two decades of war, even the most basic infrastructure is scarce.
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It is not a scarce commodity to be meted out begrudgingly or in short portions.
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But while lawmakers vocally opposed to the deal were scarce, it faced some criticism in the think tank world.
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He affirms, That scarce a poet from Homer down to Dryden ever felt his fire diminished merely by his advance in years.
Deformities of Samuel Johnson, Selected from his Works|Anonymous
I cannot say he is any better this morning—he is in a very dangerous state—I have scarce any hopes of him.
Letters of John Keats to His Family and Friends|John Keats
Lost in this mood, the voice of Emmet came to his ears with a shock, a mere succession of sounds with scarce a meaning.
The Mayor of Warwick|Herbert M. Hopkins
We had scarce been happy a fortnight, when a letter came from Colonel Raynal.
White Lies|Charles Reade
She had scarce reached her favorite lookout spot, a shaded cliff, when she saw Goodnow approaching.
The Girl From Tim's Place|Charles Clark Munn
British Dictionary definitions for scarce
scarce
/ (skɛəs) /
adjective
rarely encountered
insufficient to meet the demand
make oneself scarceinformalto go away, esp suddenly
adverb
archaic, orliteraryscarcely
Derived forms of scarce
scarceness, noun
Word Origin for scarce
C13: from Old Norman French scars, from Vulgar Latin excarpsus (unattested) plucked out, from Latin excerpere to select; see excerpt
limited, rare, scanty, deficient, sparse, scant, sporadic, failing, few, occasional, seldom, short, shy, uncommon, unusual, wanting, at a premium, few and far between, in short supply, shortened