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Adjective
Very low in amount or level
Significantly below an amount or level that is adequate
Occurring rarely or only in small numbers or quantities
Small or improbable in degree
Not present or included when expected or supposed to be
In danger, or at risk, or extinction
Significant in importance or esteem
Adverb
Hardly or barely at all
… more ▼
▲
Adjective
▲
Very low in amount or level
meagre
UK
scant
scanty
sparse
skimpy
meager
US
paltry
exiguous
poor
negligible
spare
light
sparing
slim
slender
limited
stingy
skimp
few
failing
shortened
threatened
truncated
hand-to-mouth
hard to come by
thin on the ground
at a premium
not to be had
like gold dust
hard to find
seldom met with
not to be had for love nor money
insufficient
deficient
inadequate
short
small
measly
wanting
little
lacking
minimal
insubstantial
thin
inconsiderable
rare
reduced
low
modest
in short supply
nominal
trifling
few and far between
slight
piddling
inappreciable
insignificant
bare
restricted
minimum
lean
scrimpy
puny
infrequent
shy
inconsequential
diminished
derisory
miserable
scattered
pitiful
sporadic
marginal
pathetic
tiny
uncommon
too little
barren
tenuous
dwindling
shabby
tight
infinitesimal
depleted
imperceptible
not enough
base
lowly
miserly
unfinished
flimsy
nugatory
petty
mingy
low in numbers
scrimp
occasional
middling
thinning
beggarly
fractional
straggling
minute
token
barely sufficient
too few
subnormal
seldom seen
weak
mean
not to be had for love or money
unproductive
bereft
piffling
subtle
mere
trivial
economical
sketchy
unfruitful
infertile
narrow
mediocre
cut
too little too late
ungenerous
piddly
unusual
contemptible
unsufficient
dispersed
hardly any
little or no
too small
unfrequent
dinky
thinly distributed
seldom found
scarce as hen's teeth
rare as hen's teeth
disappointing
incomplete
bitty
stunted
stinted
fragmentary
confined
lamentable
basal
destitute
wispy
deprived
devoid
out of gas
ordinary
less
scrubby
valueless
on the small side
running low
diffuse
run-down
poxy
next to no
next to none
picayune
close
out of the common
at a low level
in the minority
widely spaced
missing
out of the ordinary
with an insufficiency
jejune
with too little …
lacking in
wanting in
with too few …
more ❯
“Coastal land resources are
scarce
because of high demand and low supply.”
Adjective
▲
Significantly below an amount or level that is adequate
deficient
inadequate
short
lacking
insufficient
wanting
low
shy
thin
not enough
in short supply
too little
scant
sparse
limited
meagre
UK
paltry
scanty
insubstantial
meager
US
measly
poor
skimpy
exiguous
restricted
incommensurate
bereft
piddling
too few
destitute
incomplete
rare
failing
sketchy
at a premium
imperfect
drained
small
too small
tight
slim
negligible
few
missing
slender
minimal
slight
short-handed
short on
low on
lean
finite
hard to find
needed
not to be had
like gold dust
hard to come by
few and far between
weak
not to be had for love nor money
inconsiderable
scarcer than hen's teeth
not making it
not hacking it
coming up short
inappreciable
miserly
pathetic
laughable
bare
feeble
lame
stunted
depleted
derisory
spare
parsimonious
barren
junk
modest
unproductive
stinted
dry
exhaustible
bush-league
infrequent
unsatisfactory
unfinished
unqualified
devoid
unample
minus
incompetent
unfitted
incapable
short of
out of
too little too late
more ❯
“Seasonal price fluctuations have not been as large due to
scarce
supplies.”
Adjective
▲
Occurring rarely or only in small numbers or quantities
rare
infrequent
occasional
sporadic
uncommon
unusual
seldom
few
semioccasional
seldom found
seldom seen
few and far between
out of the common
seldom met with
thin on the ground
irregular
odd
isolated
exceptional
atypical
uncustomary
extraordinary
anomalous
unique
aberrant
abnormal
out of the ordinary
unwonted
curious
peculiar
unfamiliar
unexpected
weird
bizarre
unconventional
aberrated
strange
queer
singular
unfrequent
intermittent
unorthodox
outlandish
quirky
deviant
scattered
freak
freaky
erratic
sparse
unaccustomed
novel
fitful
spasmodic
especial
offbeat
surprising
special
freakish
limited
oddball
phenomenal
inconceivable
episodic
preternatural
random
out-of-the-way
uncharacteristic
unheard of
out of the way
different
funny
extraordinaire
unsteady
aperiodic
exceeding
discontinuous
episodical
spotty
casual
off the wall
periodic
choppy
way out
something else
remarkable
desultory
catchy
scanty
sometime
incredible
unprecedented
incidental
eccentric
exclusive
divergent
distinct
untypical
alien
outré
unthinkable
not habitual
unimaginable
standout
unordinary
way-out
off-centre
in short supply
inconsistent
conspicuous
chance
left-field
scant
particular
specific
not frequent
notable
incomparable
noteworthy
off and on
wonderful
unexampled
meager
US
unheard-of
rarefied
stray
meagre
UK
like gold dust
once in a blue moon
as scarce as hens' teeth
uncanny
puzzling
mystifying
mysterious
perplexing
baffling
inexplicable
surreal
separate
fresh
unrepeatable
unrepeated
original
unparalleled
suspicious
dubious
questionable
quaint
exotic
unnatural
anomalistic
one-off
without precedent
one of a kind
one and only
one-of-a-kind
ridiculous
eerie
wacky
ludicrous
far-out
incongruous
unaccountable
spooky
kooky
out of line
fishy
creepy
nonstandard
off-base
inscrutable
wild
outre
off-color
US
idiosyncratic
funky
zany
screwy
wacko
off-colour
UK
bizarro
startling
kinky
spaced-out
queerish
crazy
off-the-wall
off-kilter
weirdo
whacky
kookie
extreme
like nothing on earth
unco
arcane
rum
nondescript
egregious
uneven
patchy
periodical
scattershot
unpredictable
on-again-off-again
on and off
in fits and starts
hit-or-miss
in bits and pieces
disconnected
interrupted
inconstant
broken
on-and-off
seasonal
fluctuating
cyclical
recurring
variable
fragmentary
recurrent
cyclic
shifting
on again and off again
unsystematic
haphazard
unmethodical
continual
disrupted
varying
unsettled
unstable
uncertain
unreliable
capricious
punctuated
jerky
stop-and-go
changeable
disjointed
rambling
unequal
alternate
isochronal
isochronous
indiscriminate
now and then
regular
repeated
frequent
volatile
disturbed
habitual
disordered
wavering
shaky
unconnected
uncontinuous
changing
aimless
convulsive
nonuniform
alternating
entropic
wandering
fractal
epochal
iterative
discontinuing
checked
rhythmical
arrested
metrical
iterant
rhythmic
serial
ever-changing
orderless
every other
every so often
chaotic
here and there
by bits and pieces
non-linear
every once in a while
part-time
incomplete
impulsive
twitching
temporary
broken up
restless
intervallic
sometimes
flickering
not often
constant
unlikely
when the mood strikes
troubled
herky-jerky
steady
uncontrollable
impermanent
non-uniform
paroxysmal
on-again, off-again
freelance
outsourced
outside
accidental
at fixed intervals
not uniform
on certain occasions
at various times
fortuitous
fluky
contingent
persistent
abrupt
loose
sketchy
catch-as-catch-can
unthinking
slapdash
arbitrary
offhand
chronic
unfocused
perennial
continuing
repetitive
reiterative
repeating
helter-skelter
without purpose
dynamic
continued
reoccurring
turbulent
temperamental
rolling
designless
chain
unpunctual
fluid
moving
oscillating
mutable
whimsical
fickle
deviating
mercurial
vacillating
unconsidered
purposeless
staggered
happening at intervals
up and down
stop-go
off-and-on
irresolute
swaying
altering
changeful
roving
flighty
undependable
systemless
unorganized
US
disorganized
US
non-periodic
flakey
US
flickery
vagarious
iffy
developing
flaky
UK
waffling
mobile
fluctuant
growing
skittish
uncoordinated
unsystematized
always changing
full of ups and downs
unorganised
UK
scrambled
undirected
disorganised
UK
all over the place
confused
muddled
disorderly
more ❯
“This practice has led to very
scarce
sightings of birds near settlements and highways all over Wokha District.”
Adjective
▲
Small or improbable in degree
outside
remote
slim
small
negligible
marginal
unlikely
distant
doubtful
dubious
implausible
improbable
minimal
far
faraway
far-fetched
slight
faint
slender
insignificant
poor
frail
off
tiny
fragile
vague
meagre
UK
meager
US
outlying
inconsiderable
little
flimsy
inconceivable
iffy
minute
tenuous
fanciful
unthinkable
unimaginable
weak
unbelievable
not likely
hundred-to-one
difficult to believe
not expected
feeble
nominal
minuscular
narrow
exiguous
isolated
questionable
rare
dicey
absurd
imperceptible
diminished
fractional
thin
more ❯
“These limited professional options resulted in only a
scarce
chance of finding actual employment.”
Adjective
▲
Not present or included when expected or supposed to be
missing
lacking
nonexistent
wanting
non-existent
not included
left out
not to be found
nowhere to be found
not present
deficient
removed
omitted
short
in short supply
few and far between
left behind
“Firewood was strangely
scarce
in these public campgrounds.”
Adjective
▲
In danger, or at risk, or extinction
protected
endangered
threatened
dwindling
imperilled
UK
imperiled
US
vulnerable
rare
vanishing
nearing extinction
dying out
in danger
at risk
facing extinction
in danger of extinction
at risk of extinction
disappearing
dying
doomed
in decline
becoming extinct
on the way out
on its last legs
fading
on the decline
waning
Adjective
▲
Significant in importance or esteem
valuable
helpful
useful
expedient
important
significant
advantageous
beneficial
constructive
crucial
essential
favorable
US
favourable
UK
invaluable
pivotal
practical
vital
worthwhile
appropriate
critical
effective
good
imperative
indispensable
instrumental
paramount
profitable
admired
appreciated
auspicious
behooveful
beneficent
commodious
conducive
exigent
fruitful
fundamental
gainful
handy
in demand
key
meritorious
necessary
needed
opportune
productive
propitious
relevant
requisite
respected
rewarding
serviceable
strategic
timely
worthy
best
central
esteemed
estimable
held dear
hot
loved
of assistance
of benefit
of help
of service
of the essence
of use
of value
worth it
worth its weight in gold
hot property
worthful
positive
effectual
efficacious
suitable
benignant
benefic
efficient
win-win
advisable
lucrative
potent
powerful
kindly
gratifying
encouraging
sound
salutary
convenient
sensible
capable
successful
operative
friendly
facilitative
supportive
desirable
nifty
fulfilling
formative
informative
contributive
wise
prudent
meaningful
fitting
recommended
adequate
preferable
fortuitous
suggested
fit
promising
very helpful
excellent
enriching
to one's advantage
good for you
in one's interests
applicable
illuminating
economic
usable
remunerative
industrious
generative
judicious
apt
priceless
politic
substantial
strong
telling
virtuous
commonsensical
forcible
decisive
practicable
determinative
workable
tactical
agreeable
competent
proper
purposeful
assistive
seemly
recommendable
prosperous
contributory
uplifting
well spent
extremely useful
in one's best interests
for the best
to advantage
reliable
instructive
viable
unfailing
outstanding
satisfying
useable
valid
active
desired
plus
very useful
greatly appreciated
functional
sure-fire
wholesome
edifying
pleasing
energetic
of great help
benevolent
forceful
furthersome
lucky
aiding
influential
puissant
required
justifiable
sovereign
toward
nice
in one's interest
facilitating
well-spent
indicated
exemplary
inspiring
benign
comforting
cheering
gladdening
heartening
heartwarming
enough
worth living
adjuvant
subservient
pragmatic
worth the effort
saving
assisting
called-for
called for
providential
felicitous
moneymaking
precious
paying
welcome
inestimable
leading
productive of
calculated to produce
good for
promotive
helpful to
useful for
instrumental in
contributing to
favoured
UK
favored
US
happy
golden
bright
integral
consequential
irreplaceable
jammy
rosy
seasonable
fat
rare
choice
juicy
fortunate
rich
conclusive
qualified
treasured
going
lush
sweet
born with a silver spoon in your mouth
heaven-sent
well-off
all-important
extremely helpful
fructuous
sagacious
beyond price
logical
money-spinning
of great consequence
of the utmost importance
vitally important
financially rewarding
well-paying
well-paid
well
in the black
commendable
paid off
very productive
thriving
profit-making
commercial
cost-effective
money-making
booming
flourishing
dynamic
bankable
prolific
high-income
high-paying
commercially successful
advanced
acceptable
utilizable
US
decent
right
meet
consumable
salable
solvent
healthful
conformable
congruous
becoming
ample
sustaining
utilisable
UK
vigorous
fatness
profitsome
creative
self-sustaining
paying well
fertile
affluent
cost effective
wealthy
large
well-to-do
working
opulent
well-fixed
monied
deep-pocketed
loaded
fat-cat
cushy
flush
moneyed
silk-stocking
luxuriant
fecund
well-heeled
well-endowed
cornucopian
actionable
applicative
applied
ready
employable
operable
exploitable
available
ultrapractical
prepared
suited to the purpose
to the purpose
more ❯
Adverb
▲
Hardly or barely at all
scarcely
barely
hardly
just
narrowly
slightly
marginally
imperceptibly
scantily
only just
almost not
just barely
by a whisker
scantly
at a push
not quite
little
by the narrowest of margins
negligibly
by the skin of one's teeth
almost
only
by a nose
by a very small margin
nominally
by no means
nearly
not yet
at most
no more than
by a hair
not exactly
close
no way
somewhat
by inches
by very little
by a narrow margin
a little
insignificantly
inconsiderably
inappreciably
by narrow margin
at best
not until
to some extent
by a hair's breadth
just possibly
ill
on a small scale
a trifle
not more than
as little as
with difficulty
a bit
merely
no greater than
only with effort
only with difficulty
hardly at all
faintly
sparsely
not much
not measurably
not likely
not a bit
not by much
not noticeably
once in a blue moon
not notably
practically not
almost inconceivably
not markedly
more ❯
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