adj. deficient in quantity or number compared with the demand; "fresh vegetables were scarce during the drought"

adj. not enough; hard to find; "meat was scarce during the war"

adj. lacking in amplitude or quantity; "a bare livelihood"; "a scanty harvest"; "a spare diet"

adj. not common or ordinarily encountered; unusually great in amount or remarkable in character or kind; "uncommon birds"; "frost and floods are uncommon during these months"; "doing an uncommon amount of business"; "an uncommon liking for money"; "he owed his greatest debt to his mother's uncommon character and ability"

adj. out of the ordinary; "an unwonted softness in her face"

adj. radically distinctive and without equal; "he is alone in the field of microbiology"; "this theory is altogether alone in its penetration of the problem"; "Bach was unique in his handling of counterpoint"; "craftsmen whose skill is unequaled"; "unparalleled athletic ability"; "a breakdown of law unparalleled in our history"

adj. not dense; "a thin beard"; "trees were sparse"

adj. not frequent; not occurring regularly or at short intervals; "infrequent outbursts of temper"

adj. remarkable or out of the ordinary in degree or magnitude or effect; "a great crisis"; "had a great stake in the outcome"

adj. original and of a kind not seen before; "the computer produced a completely novel proof of a well-known theorem"

adj. of a quantity not able to fulfill a need or requirement; "insufficient funds"

adj. containing little excess; "a lean budget"; "a skimpy allowance"

adj. no longer sufficient; "supplies are low"; "our funds are depleted"

adj. less than the correct or legal or full amount often deliberately so; "a light pound"; "a scant cup of sugar"; "regularly gives short weight"

adj. containing little excess; "a lean budget"; "a skimpy allowance"

adj. containing little excess; "a lean budget"; "a skimpy allowance"

adj. short; "eleven is one shy of a dozen"

adj. present in great quantity; "an abundant supply of water"

adj. affording an abundant supply; "had ample food for the party"; "copious provisions"; "food is plentiful"; "a plenteous grape harvest"; "a rich supply"

adj. excessively abundant

adj. existing in great number or quantity; "rhinoceroses were once plentiful here"