scarce
/skɛːs/
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American sound/skɛːs/
scarce
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scarce /skeǝs/ adj (-er , -est )
ရှားပါးသော။ scarce resources ❍ Money/ Labour was scarce. ❍ Food soon became scarcer and more expensive. Compare PLENTIFUL ❍ RARE
❏ make oneself scarce [IDM ] (infml )
အသာလစ် ထွက်ပြေးသည်။ ရှောင်ပေးသည်။
I could tell they wanted to be left alone so I made myself scarce.
❏ scarcity /'skeǝsǝti/ n [C,U] ရှားပါးမှု။ frequent scarcities of raw materials ❍ The scarcity of food forced prices up.
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in short supply, limited, inadequate, scant, insufficient, sparse, meager, rare, a moment ago, at a premium, at this moment, by very little, deficient, failing, few, few and far between, infrequent, just, just a while ago, just now, occasional, right now, scanty, seldom, seldom met with, semioccasional, short, shortened, shy, sporadic, threatened, truncated, uncommon, unusual, wanting
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