scarce
/skeəs/adjective
उच्चारण स्केअर्स
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if something is scarce, there is not enough of it and it is only available in small quantities
दुर्लभ, कम मात्रा में उपलब्ध
- Water is scarce in desert areas.
- Jobs were scarce after the factory closed.
- Fresh vegetables were scarce during the floods.
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- Radhika found that good books on the subject were scarce.
- Food became scarce in the village after the drought.
Opposite abundant
?Which word?
scarcely … when
Scarcely means almost not, and it is followed by when, not than. When it begins a sentence, the verb comes before the subject: 'Scarcely had I sat down when the bell rang.'
Scarcely का अर्थ 'मुश्किल से' है और इसके साथ when आता है, than नहीं आता। जब वाक्य scarcely से शुरू होता है, तब inversion होता है, जैसे 'Scarcely had I sat down when the bell rang.'
§Grammar and usage
The adverb scarcely takes 'when', not 'than'.
Adverb scarcely के साथ when आता है, than नहीं।