65 entries under scarce topic. ×
| bad(adjective, quality, weak, poor, false) | |
| weak(adjective, slight, poor, false, small) | |
| rare(adjective, close, light, poor, exceptional) | |
| impaired(adjective, poor, false, inferior, inadequate) | |
| shabby(adjective, weak, slight, poor, small) | |
| sparse(adjective, close, light, weak, slight) | |
| slight(adjective, weak, flat, poor, small) | |
| small(adjective, light, weak, poor, low) | |
| thin(adjective, close, light, slight, poor) | |
| failing(adjective, close, light, poor, short) | |
| inapt(poor, inadequate, insufficient) | |
| infrequent(adjective, poor, strange, exceptional, inadequate) | |
| too little(expression, adjective, idiom, poor, insufficient) | |
| unqualified(adjective, weak, poor, low, thin) | |
| lame(adjective, bad, flat, poor, false) | |
| miserly(adjective, poor, small, insufficient) | |
| paltry(adjective, weak, slight, poor, small) | |
| exiguous(adjective, close, light, weak, slight) | |
| few(adjective, light, thin, strange, small) | |
| limited(adjective, close, light, slight, poor) |
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