Vocabulary
Scarce
English and Urdu gloss, synonyms and antonyms, and example usage from our editorial sentence cache where available.
English meaning
Very small in amount or number / very plentiful
Example sentences (from Dawn)
Sentences are selected from stored editorial text where your search word appears. If none appear yet, run the admin sentence generator for fuller coverage.
- Data otherwise on this matter is scarce.
- For the government, the options are bleak: diverting scarce domestic resources which would require the IMF`s consent or borrowing more to add to an already high debt mountain.
- Whereas the policy mentions use of AI for the environment, it completely ignores the climaterelated risks of AI data centres in Pakistan, which, besides being a water-scarce country is acutely vulnerable to the impact of climate change.
- This is putting enormous pressure on the country`s scarce resources, physical infrastructure and shrinking job and educational opportunities at a time of economic difficulty.
- Since a large-scale expansion of educational facilities involves time as well as enormous resources which continue to be scarce, interim measures have perforce to be taken to close the existing gaps.
Synonyms
skimp, meager, slender
Antonyms
abundant, ample, plentiful
More vocabulary to explore
About this vocabulary section.
These entries support close reading of Dawn editorials and opinion pieces: short definitions,
Urdu equivalents where we have them, word relations, and—when generated—real lines from the editorial archive
so you can see tone and usage.
Common questions
- Do I need to sign up to use this vocabulary page?
- No. Word pages are open to everyone. You can read meanings in English and Urdu, synonyms and antonyms, and example sentences without creating an account.
- Where do the example sentences come from?
- When available, example sentences are drawn from cached matches in our Dawn editorial corpus so you can see how a word is used in real newsroom-style prose.
- How is this different from a dictionary?
- This section is curated for students preparing for competitive exams and editorial reading. Entries are compact, often include Urdu glosses, and are paired with in-context lines from editorials when we have them.
