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scarcer
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Word definitions for scarcer in dictionaries
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Scarce \Scarce\ (sk[^a]rs), a. [Compar. Scarcer (sk[^a]r"s[~e]r); superl. Scarcest .] [OE. scars, OF. escars, eschars, LL. scarpsus, excarpsus, for L. excerptus, p. p. of excerpere to pick out, and hence to contract, to shorten; ex (see Ex- ) + carpere. ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
a. (en-comparative of: scarce )
Usage examples of scarcer.
But, it being summer, mature men were scarcer than albinos at high noon, and twice as conspicuous.
So, he'd proceed to assemble the ingredients, which was not quite as easy as making cherry pie, since citron was scarce, quality jasmine oil scarcer, and beet pollen scarcer yet (it was available only a few weeks out of the year, and then in widely scattered locations).
Buffalo had become scarcer with each year in the areas east of the mountains.
Water was growing scarcer, there were fewer trees except along the river bottoms, and there was more cactus.
As food and clothing grew scarcer and prices rose higher and higher, the public outcry against the speculators grew louder and more venomous.
Yet the food they searched and hunted for was growing scarcer and scarcer.