I. adjective
1.
Synonyms: short 3, deficient, failing, inadequate, insufficient, scant, scanty, shy, unsufficient, wanting
Related Word: curtailed, shortened, truncated
Contrasted words: adequate, sufficient, unwanting
Antonyms: abundant
2.
Synonyms: infrequent , few, occasional, rare, seldom, semioccasional, sporadic, uncommon, unfrequent
Idioms: scarce as ice water in hell, scarcer than hen's teeth, seldom met with
II. adverb
Synonyms: just 2, barely, hardly, scarcely