scarce

• Qualifie ce qui est insuffisant, rare ou difficile à trouver, ou qui existe en quantité limitée par rapport au besoin.

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

1. Insufficient supplyB2formal

   Not enough to meet demand; existing in limited quantities.

   Rare, insuffisant

   • 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.

   Synonymesdeficientinsufficientlackingmeagerrarescantshortsparse

   Antonymesabundantamplecopiousplentiful

• Adverbe signifiant « à peine » ou « presque pas », souvent utilisé dans des contextes formels ou littéraires. Il s'emploie généralement avec le plus-que-parfait ou le passé antérieur pour indiquer que quelque chose s'est produit juste avant autre chose ou a failli ne pas se produire. La forme coïncide avec l'adjectif « rare », mais la fonction diffère.

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.

   À peine

   • 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.

   Synonymesbarelyhardlyjustscarcely

   Antonymesabundantlyamplyplentifully