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nihit [ni.hit.] : rare (adj.); scant (adj.); scarce (adj.)

Derivatives of nihit


Glosses:
rare
adj. 1. rarenot widely known; especially valued for its uncommonness.; "a rare word"; "rare books"
~ uncommonnot 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. 2. rarerecurring only at long intervals.; "a rare appearance"; "total eclipses are rare events"
~ infrequentnot frequent; not occurring regularly or at short intervals.; "infrequent outbursts of temper"
adj. 3. rarenot widely distributed.; "rare herbs"; "rare patches of green in the desert"
~ scarcedeficient in quantity or number compared with the demand.; "fresh vegetables were scarce during the drought"
adj. 4. rare, rarefied, rarifiedhaving low density.; "rare gasses"; "lightheaded from the rarefied mountain air"
~ thinrelatively thin in consistency or low in density; not viscous.; "air is thin at high altitudes"; "a thin soup"; "skimmed milk is much thinner than whole milk"; "thin oil"
adj. 5. rare, uncommonmarked by an uncommon quality; especially superlative or extreme of its kind.; "what is so rare as a day in June"; "a rare skill"; "an uncommon sense of humor"; "she was kind to an uncommon degree"
~ extraordinarybeyond what is ordinary or usual; highly unusual or exceptional or remarkable.; "extraordinary authority"; "an extraordinary achievement"; "her extraordinary beauty"; "enjoyed extraordinary popularity"; "an extraordinary capacity for work"; "an extraordinary session of the legislature"
adj. 6. rare(of meat) cooked a short time; still red inside.; "rare roast beef"
~ rawnot treated with heat to prepare it for eating.
scant
v. (social)1. scant, skimpwork hastily or carelessly; deal with inadequately and superficially.
~ workexert oneself by doing mental or physical work for a purpose or out of necessity.; "I will work hard to improve my grades"; "she worked hard for better living conditions for the poor"
v. (social)2. scant, skimplimit in quality or quantity.
~ restrictplace under restrictions; limit access to.; "This substance is controlled"
v. (possession)3. scant, skimp, stintsupply sparingly and with restricted quantities.; "sting with the allowance"
~ furnish, provide, supply, rendergive something useful or necessary to.; "We provided the room with an electrical heater"
adj. 4. light, scant, shortless than the correct or legal or full amount often deliberately so.; "a light pound"; "a scant cup of sugar"; "regularly gives short weight"
~ insufficient, deficientof a quantity not able to fulfill a need or requirement.; "insufficient funds"
scarce
adj. 1. scarcedeficient in quantity or number compared with the demand.; "fresh vegetables were scarce during the drought"
~ rarenot widely distributed.; "rare herbs"; "rare patches of green in the desert"
~ tightaffected by scarcity and expensive to borrow.; "tight money"; "a tight market"
~ meager, meagerly, meagre, scrimpy, stingydeficient in amount or quality or extent.; "meager resources"; "meager fare"
adv. 2. barely, hardly, just, scarce, scarcelyonly a very short time before.; "they could barely hear the speaker"; "we hardly knew them"; "just missed being hit"; "had scarcely rung the bell when the door flew open"; "would have scarce arrived before she would have found some excuse to leave"