Related Words for scarce

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rare
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Adjective, Adjective
insufficient
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Adjective, Adjective
deficient
x/x
Adjective, Adjective
just
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Adjective, Adjective
scarcely
/x
Adjective, Adverb
tight
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Adverb, Adjective
barely
/x
Adjective, Adverb
hardly
/x
Adverb, Adverb
abundant
x/x
Adjective, Adjective
plentiful
/xx
Adjective
scarcity
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Noun
limited
/xx
Adjective
sparse
/
Adjective
dwindling
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Noun
scanty
/x
Adjective
shortage
/x
Noun
lacking
/x
Verb
rarity
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Noun
paucity
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Noun
expensive
x/x
Adjective
unavailable
xx/xx
Adjective
valuable
/xx
Adjective
increasingly
x/xx
Adverb
comparatively
x/xxx
Adverb
nonexistent
xx/x
Adjective
scant
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Adjective
inadequate
x/xx
Adjective
abundance
x/x
Noun
seldom
/x
Adverb
precious
/x
Adjective
rationed
/x
Verb
bountiful
/xx
Noun
available
x/xx
Adjective
problematical
xx/xx
Adjective
unobtainable
xx/xx
Adjective
pricey
/x
Adjective
meagre
/x
Adjective
exceedingly
x/xx
Adverb
prohibitive
x/xx
Adjective
dearth
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Noun
often
/x
Adverb
hoarded
/x
Verb
adequate
/xx
Adjective
especially
x/x
Adverb
copious
/xx
Adjective
prevalent
/xx
Adjective
particularly
x/xxx
Adverb
deprived
x/
Verb
inordinately
x/xxx
Adverb
desperate
/x
Adjective
crowded
/x
Adjective
elusive
x/x
Adjective
unusually
x/xxx
Adverb
little
/x
Adjective, Adverb, Noun
rarely
/x
Adverb
frustratingly
/xxx
Adverb
uncertain
x/x
Adjective
meager
/x
Adjective
infrequently
x/xx
Adverb
wasted
/x
Verb
difficult
/xx
Adjective
relatively
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Adverb
cheap
/
Adjective
commodity
x/xx
Noun
poor
/
Adjective
uncommon
x/x
Adjective
unreliable
xx/xx
Adjective
ubiquitous
x/xx
Adjective
ample
/x
Adjective
frighteningly
/xxx
Adverb
sadly
/x
Adverb
underutilized
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Adjective
inexhaustible
xx/xx
Adjective
monopolized
x/xx
Verb
costly
/x
Adjective
inconsiderable
xx/xxx
Adjective
restricted
x/x
Adjective
quite
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Adverb
constrained
x/
Adjective
alas
x/
Noun
expended
x/x
Verb
problematic
xx/x
Adjective
replenished
x/x
Verb
extremely
x/x
Adverb
finite
/x
Adjective
inexpensive
xx/x
Adjective
precarious
x/xx
Adjective
commonplace
/xx
Noun
desirable
x/xx
Adjective
consequently
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Adverb
surprisingly
x/xx
Adverb
vital
/x
Adjective
obscenely
x/xx
Adverb
starved
/
Adjective
valueless
/xx
Adjective
supply
x/
Noun
considerable
x/xxx
Adjective
obscure
x/
Adjective
diminishing
x/xx
Verb
forage
/x
Noun
unfortunately
x/xxx
Adverb
incredibly
x/xx
Adverb
regrettably
x/xx
Adverb
sufficient
x/x
Adjective
readily
/xx
Adverb
short
/
Adjective
few and far between
///x/
Phrase, Adjective
spare
/
Adjective
needy
/x
Adjective
underused
xx/
Adjective
stingy
/x
Adjective
close
/
Adjective
unpopular
x/xx
Adjective
thin
/
Adjective
hard up
//
Phrase, Adjective, Verb
scare
/
Noun
unequal
x/x
Adjective
unenviable
x/xxx
Adjective
cramped
/
Adjective
indigent
/xx
Noun
difficile
/xx
Noun
fugitive
/xx
Noun
importunate
x/xx
Adjective
adjusted
x/x
Noun
forbear
x/
Noun
distinguishable
x/xxx
Noun
repress
x/
Noun
audible
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Noun
comprehend
xx/
Noun
dare
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Noun
tell
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Noun
sensible
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Noun
resource
/x
Noun
suffice
x/
Noun
speak
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Noun
know
/
Noun
brook
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Verb
allege
x/
Verb
keep
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Noun
confesses
x/x
Verb
overtake
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Verb
believe
x/
Noun
ache
/
Noun, Verb
amelia
x/x
Name
aroma
x/x
Noun
begone
x/x
Noun, Verb
bleating
/x
Noun
bracken
/x
Noun
brief
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb, Adverb
concise
x/
Adjective, Verb
consumable
x/xx
Noun, Adjective
dew
/
Noun, Verb
economics
xx/x
Noun
empty
/x
Adjective, Verb, Noun
enough
x/
Adverb, Noun
extra
/x
Adjective, Adverb, Noun
few
/
Noun
food
/
Noun
heat
/
Noun, Verb
hidden
/x
Adjective, Noun
impoverished
x/x
Adjective
incomplete
xx/
Adjective, Noun
insubstantial
xx/x
Adjective
invaluable
x/xx
Adjective
irreplaceable
xx/xx
Adjective
lean
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Adjective, Verb, Noun
lot
/
Noun, Verb
low
/
Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb
marginal
/xx
Adjective, Noun
minimal
/xx
Adjective, Noun
minor
/x
Adjective, Noun, Verb
miserly
/xx
Adjective
moan
/
Noun, Verb
modest
/x
Adjective
more
/
Adverb, Noun, Verb
narrow
/x
Adjective, Noun, Verb
needed
/x
Adjective
noble
/x
Adjective, Noun
none
/
Noun, Adverb
paltry
/x
Adjective
plenty
/x
Noun, Adverb, Adjective
pocket
/x
Noun, Verb, Adjective
popular
/xx
Adjective, Noun
reduced
x/
Adjective
repose
x/
Noun, Verb
shallow
/x
Adjective, Noun, Verb
sighing
/x
Noun
skinny
/x
Adjective, Noun, Verb
sleep
/
Noun, Verb
slender
/x
Adjective
slight
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Adjective, Verb, Noun
slim
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Adjective, Noun, Verb
small
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Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
sod
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Noun, Verb, Adjective
solace
/x
Noun, Verb
sorrow
/x
Noun, Verb
succinct
x/
Adjective
surplus
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
tenuous
/xx
Adjective
thrall
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Noun, Adjective, Verb
thrifty
/x
Adjective
thunder
/x
Noun, Verb
tiny
/x
Adjective, Noun
turf
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Noun, Verb
twilight
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
underweight
/xx
Adjective, Noun, Verb
unique
x/
Adjective, Noun
unneeded
x/x
Adjective
untapped
x/
Adjective
unused
x/
Adjective
vanish
/x
Verb, Noun
weak
/
Adjective
weariness
/xx
Noun
bulletproof
/xx
Adjective, Verb
stonewall
/x
Name, Verb, Adjective
no
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Noun, Adverb, Adjective
anymore
xx/
Adverb
shirtless
/x
Adjective
sorta
/x
Adverb
milestone
/x
Noun, Verb
literally
/xxx
Adverb