scarce oor Xhosa

scarce

/ˈskɛɚs/, /ˈskɛːs/ adjektief, bywoord

Insufficient to meet a demand or requirement.

Scarce

voorbeelde

After a few months, secular work became scarce, and their savings were depleted.
Emva kweenyanga ezimbalwa, umsebenzi waqalisa ukunqongophala, yaye sasingasenayo nepeni eselugcinweni.

We scarce meet with an instance of any one that was ordained before the age of twenty-five, in all the history of the Church.”
Kunqabile ukuba sidibane nomzekelo wobani owamiselwa ngaphambi kweminyaka engamashumi amabini anesihlanu, kuyo yonke imbali yeCawa.”

But the lights scarcely flickered.
Kodwa ezo zibane zakhanya ngokuluzizi kuphela.

Reading material is scarce far back in the jungle.
Izinto zokufunda zinqabile phayaa kwezo ntsunguzi zamahlathi.

“The evidence is too scarce and too fragmented to support such a complex theory as that of the origin of life.”
Akukho bungqina buninzi yaye nobo bukhoyo abudibani ukuba bungaxhasa ingcamango entsonkothe ngolo hlobo njengengcamango yemvelaphi yobomi.”

Literature was extremely scarce.
Uncwadi lweBhayibhile lwalunqongophele ngokwenene.

The questions that arise concerning God himself are scarcely more comforting.
Imibuzo ephakamayo ngokuphathelele uThixo iphazamisa nangaphezulu.

Particularly are jobs scarce.
Imisebenzi inqabe kakhulu.

There is scarcely a corner of the globe where fighting does not seem a possibility.
Inqabile emhlabeni indawo ekungenakwenzeka ukuba kuliwe kuyo.

When under pressure, I could scarcely articulate and would begin to stutter.
Xa ndixinezelekile, ndandingakwazi ukuphimisela kakuhle amagama ndize ndiqalise ukuthintitha.

Most of the population increase occurs in developing countries, where water is often already scarce.
Abemi banda kakhulu kumazwe asakhasayo, apho anqabe khona amanzi kakade.

The helmsman sees scarcely better to windward.
Umqhubi ubona phantse bungconwanwa kweli cala liza umoya.

The enemy desolates the productive land, making food scarce.
Ezi ntshaba zenze imbuqo nje kweli lizwe lichumileyo, kwasala kungekho kutya.

For one thing, it is scarce and difficult to obtain.
Phakathi kwezinye izinto, inqabile yaye kunzima ukuyifumana.

A Spaniard of the time is said to have complained: “I see that we can scarcely get anything from Christ’s ministers but for money; at baptism money . . . at marriage money, for confession money —no, not extreme unction [last rites] without money!
Kuthiwa omnye ummi waseSpeyin owayephila ngelo xesha wakhalaza esithi: “Ndibona ngathi asinakufumana nantoni na kubefundisi bakaKristu ngaphandle kokukhupha imali; ubhaptizo lufuna imali . . . umtshato ufuna imali, ukuxela izono kufuna imali—hayi khona, asikho nje isithethe esenziwa ngaphandle kwemali!

At times even that was scarce.
Ngamanye amaxesha naloo mbeko wawungabikho.

Scarcely one in ten of them are now found walking so as to honor their Christian profession.
Phantse mnye kuphela kwabalishumi osahamba endleleni ebonisa ukuluhlonela ubizo lwabo lobuKristu.

Jobs are scarce.
Imisebenzi inqabile.

1 In a world where good news is scarce, we have the privilege “to bear thorough witness to the good news of the undeserved kindness of God.”
1 Kweli hlabathi lingenazo iindaba ezimnandi, sinelungelo ‘lokunikela ubungqina obucokisekileyo kwiindaba ezilungileyo zobubele obungasifanelanga bukaThixo.’

Food, medicine, and fuel were scarce, since they were being sent in by air.
Ukutya, amayeza nezinto zokubasa zaziphela, ekubeni zazithunyelwa ngeenqwelo-moya.

Regarding the account in question, at least one commentator believes that a flame could “scarcely have been kept going throughout the long journey” that Abraham and Isaac made.
Omnye umhlalutyi uthi akaqondi ukuba loo mlilo “wawuvutha kuyo yonke loo ndlela inde” babeyihamba.

The divergence may be small, scarcely noticeable to others.
Usenokwenza isiphoso esincinane, esingafane siphawulwe ngabanye.

In the haste of chasing one deadline after another, there is scarcely time left for any relaxation.
Kuyo yonke loo nto yokuleqa ixesha, linqabile ixesha lwalo naluphi na uhlobo lokuzihlaziya.

“After runaway inflation struck in our country, food became expensive and scarce,” relates Paul, a husband and father of two.
UPaul onenkosikazi nabantwana ababini uthi: “Emva kokwehla kwamandla emali kwilizwe lethu, ukutya kwanqaba, namaxabiso antinga.

Sister Whittington had been baptized for scarcely a year, but she had the spirit of a pioneer.
UDade Whittington wayengekawugqibi nonyaka ebhaptiziwe, kodwa wayenomoya wobuvulindlela.