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scarcer
We have found lemma(root) word of scarcer : scarce.
Definitions
[skɛːs], (Adjective)
Definitions:
- (especially of food, money, or some other resource) insufficient for the demand
(e.g: as raw materials became scarce, synthetics were developed)
Phrases:
- make oneself scarce
Origin
:
Middle English (in the sense ‘restricted in quantity or size’, also ‘parsimonious’): from a shortening of Anglo-Norman escars, from a Romance word meaning ‘plucked out, selected’
[skɛːs], (Adverb)
Definitions:
- scarcely
(e.g: a babe scarce two years old)
Phrases:
- make oneself scarce
Origin
:
Middle English (in the sense ‘restricted in quantity or size’, also ‘parsimonious’): from a shortening of Anglo-Norman escars, from a Romance word meaning ‘plucked out, selected’
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