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.
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For many homes, electric stoves may present the only clean cooking pathway if gas remains scarce.This fragility exists within an already unequal cooking landscape.
Dawn Editorials —
Shift to electric
— 2026-04-08
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Universities were designed to produce human resources for an industrial age when knowledge was scarce.
Dawn Editorials —
Education in AI era
— 2026-03-18
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More than 800,000 people are reportedly displaced, with thousands crammed into collective shelters where sanitation is poor and essential supplies are scarce.
Dawn Editorials —
Looking for safety
— 2026-03-16
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This has forced non-government actors like the SWPM back into crisis mode, helping provide survival basics to women competing for scarce resources.
Dawn Editorials —
Silver linings
— 2026-02-28
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Plastic bag bans have been announced in several provinces, yet enforcement is poor and cheap alternatives are scarce.
Dawn Editorials —
Recycling illusion
— 2026-01-26
Synonyms
skimp, meager, slender
Antonyms
abundant, ample, plentiful
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