■ adjective (of a resource) insufficient for the demand.
↘rare.
■ adverb archaic ~ly.
Phrases
make oneself ~ informal leave a place.
Derivatives
~ly adverb
~ness noun
scarcity noun
Origin
ME (in the sense 'restricted in size', also 'parsimonious'): from Anglo-Norman escars , from a Romance word meaning 'selected'.