<p><strong>Adjective:</strong></p><ul><li>scarcer</li><li>scarcest</li><li>insufficient to satisfy the need or demand; not abundant: Meat and butter were scarce during the war.</li><li>Synonyms: deficient</li><li>Antonyms: abundant</li><li>seldom met with; rare: a scarce book.</li><li>Synonyms: infrequent, uncommon</li></ul>