scarce

• يصف ما هو قليل الوجود أو نادر أو غير كافٍ، ويُستعمل لما يصعب الحصول عليه أو ما لا تتوافر منه الكمية المطلوبة.

Describes something that is not enough or is difficult to find.

1. Insufficient supplyB2formal

   Not enough to meet demand; existing in limited quantities.

   ناقص

   • Clean drinking water is scarce in many parts of the world.
   • During the drought, food supplies became scarce.
   • Skilled workers are scarce in this industry.

   المرادفاتdeficientinsufficientlackingmeagerrarescantshortsparse

   الأضدادabundantamplecopiousplentiful

• ظرف بمعنى «بالكاد» أو «لا يكاد»، يُستخدم عادةً مع الزمن الماضي التام للإشارة إلى أن شيئًا ما حدث قبيل شيء آخر مباشرة أو لم يحدث إلا نادرًا. شكل الكلمة يطابق صفة scarce لكن وظيفتها مختلفة.

An adverb meaning "barely" or "hardly," often used in formal or literary contexts. It is typically used with past perfect or past perfect continuous tenses to indicate that something happened only just before something else or almost not at all. The form is identical to the adjective 'scarce' but functions differently.

1. Barely or hardlyB2formal

   Only a very short time before; almost not.

   بالكاد

   • He had scarce finished his meal when the phone rang.
   • She scarce had time to say goodbye before the train left.
   • The sun had scarce risen when they began their journey.

   المرادفاتbarelyhardlyjustscarcely

   الأضدادabundantlyamplyplentifully