Collocations for "scarce"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "scarce" in context.
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scarce
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.adj
- scarce [resources, jobs]
- [jobs, opportunities, resources] are scarce (in)
- [a country, an area, a region] of scarce [jobs]
- [jobs] have become scarce [since, ever since]
- [hampered, hindered, impeded, stunted] by scarce opportunities
- jobs are scarce [nowadays, these days, during a recession]
- a scarce [supply, amount] of [water, food]
- [water] is scarce in this region
- scarce [references, data, information]
- information is scarce [on, about, regarding]
- scarce funds were [raised, available]
- looking for a scarce [record, book, autograph]
- (you'd better) make yourself scarce!
- let's make ourselves scarce
'scarce' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):