scarce

Insufficient to meet a demand or requirement; short in supply.

Hard to find; absent or rare.

Barely or hardly; scarcely.

(make (oneself) scarce) To stay away; be absent or elusive.

(make (oneself) scarce) To depart, especially quickly or furtively; abscond.

To make less; diminish; make scant.

Hardly; barely; scarcely.

Sparing; parsimonious; niggard; niggardly; stingy.

Scantily supplied; poorly provided; not having much: sometimes with of.

Diminished; reduced from the original or the proper size or measure; deficient; short.