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• a  deficient in quantity or number compared with the demand
  fresh vegetables were scarce during the drought
• r  only a very short time before
  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

• With obsolete tanks, scarce ammo and scant fuel, the Dear Leader's army desperately needs nukes.
• When sugar suddenly grew scarce 18 months ago, most consumers blamed Gorbachev's antialcoholism drive, which diverted substantial quantities of the commodity into home brewing.
• Once inside, scarce 10 among us could either go or well stand, such extreme weakness and sickness oppressed us, John Smith reported.

• barely
• hardly
• just
• scarcely

• abundant

News & Articles

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• New app helping Venezuelans find scarce items
  CARACAS, Venezuela — Harried Venezuelans who devote hours scouring supermarkets for increasingly scarce food basics and toilet paper have just received some digital help thanks to a young software developer. A free application for mobile devices written by Jose Augusto Montiel lets people notify one another where flour, sugar, milk, cooking oil and toilet paper are for sale. It has been ...
  June 10, 2013 - Boston Herald
• Software Fix for Scarce Items in Venezuela
  Finding scarce food in Venezuela; There's an app for that        
  June 9, 2013 - ABC News
• Software fix for scarce items in Venezuela - Quincy Herald-Whig | Illinois & Missouri News, Sports
  CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) - Harried Venezuelans who devote hours scouring supermarkets for increasingly scarce food basics and toilet paper have just received some digital help thanks to a young software developer.
  June 9, 2013 - Quincy Herald-Whig

Quotes

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• Ernie Els in Sydney Morning Herald
  I really feel very grateful and happy. Obviously it's been quite a ride, you know, especially over here,Els said. "I've won tournaments around the world, scarce tournaments around the world here and there, but obviously to win over here,...
• Mike Enzi in Forbes
  It is not acceptable to Congress or the taxpayers for scarce funds to be spent on the enrichment of others instead of on legal services,said Sen. Mike Enzi, R-Wyo., senior Republican of the Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions.
• Manmohan Singh in ITV.com
  Mr Singh added India had "little choice but to devote even more and huge resources to adaption in critical areas of food security, public health and management of scarce water resources".