schaars

Concepts

scarce

scanty

sparse

rare

few

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in short supply

poor

thin

uncommon

precious

rarely

skimpy

gaunt

tight

wispy

deficient

diffuse

dilute

lean

meager

meagre

rarefied

scant

skinny

tenuous

defective

Synonyms

karig

schraal

schriel

zeldzaam

ongemeen

kostbaar

mager

dun

spichtig

sprietig

raar

eigenaardig

Translations

escasso

raro

insuficiente

rare

karg

spärlich

dürftig

rar

kärglich

insuffisant

selten

schmal

knapp

de pouca densidade

raro

Pronounced as (IPA)

/sxaːrs/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Dutch: schaers

Cognate with Middle Dutch: schaers

In summary

From Middle Dutch schaers. From Old Northern French scars, escars ("sparing, niggard, parsimonious, miserly, poor"; > French échars, Medieval Latin scarsus (“diminished, reduced”)), of uncertain origin. One theory is that it derives originally from a Late Latin *scarpsus, *excarpsus, a participle form of *excarpere (“take out”), from Latin ex- + carpere; yet the sense evolution is difficult to trace. Compare also Middle Dutch schaers (“a pair of shears, plowshare”), scheeren (“to shear”).