escaso
= light [lighter -comp., lightest -sup.], low [lower -comp., lowest -sup.], meagre [meager, -USA], poor [poorer -comp., poorest -sup.], scant, scarce [scarcer -comp., scarcest -sup.], slight [sligther -comp., slightest -sup.], slim [slimmer -comp., slimmest -sup.], scanty [scantier -comp., scantiest -sup.], sparse, on a shoestring, little in the way of, thin [thinner -comp., thinnest -sup.], skimpy [skimpier -comp., skimpiest -sup.].
Ex: Light use of library information resources raises the concern that students are developing an inadequate base of retrieval skills for finding information on new procedures, diseases and drugs.
Ex: Carlton Duncan discussed the difficulties built into the educational processes which led to under-performance at school and the resulting low representation in higher education and low entry into the professions.
Ex: Soon, however, the collection outgrew its meagre quarters and a full-fledged library occupying a 40x60 foot area came into being.
Ex: Examples are generally poor or obscure (often in Latin or German).
Ex: Scant attention is paid to evaluation and the needs of users.
Ex: If staff time and expertise for initial evolution of the thesaurus are scarce, the system can usually function with a less thoroughly refined thesaurus.
Ex: The ISBD(CP)'s recommendations are very similar in principle to those for AACR2's "in" analytics, except for slight changes in punctuation and order.
Ex: Abstracting journals vary enormously in scope ranging from vast publications covering an entire discipline, to slim volumes centred on a relatively narrow topic.
Ex: However, in producing a bulletin one is often torn between including the scanty, undigested and possibly inaccurate details of a new proposal and holding fire until fuller information is available, and thereby missing a publication deadline.
Ex: The popular libraries in Lima are sparse and lack the technology and the cultural and information instruments popular in Italy.
Ex: Many information agencies exist on a shoestring budgets find it financially impossible to extend their hours.
Ex: Without any significant restructuring, the LIS programme in Iran will provide little in the way of riding out the rapid transition that the field is currently experiencing.
Ex: Although it may be a bit thin in its use of standard academic sources of information, it is exceedingly strong on insider information and personal interviews.
Ex: Often times new graduate job-seekers produce skimpy resumes because they fail to include all of their relevant experience.
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* andar escaso de = be short of.
* escasa comunicación = poor communication.
* escasa probabilidad = slim chance.
* escaso de dinero = cash strapped, financially strapped, strapped for cash, short of money.
* escaso de ideas = short of ideas.
* escaso de tiempo = time-strapped, short of time.
* evidencia + ser + escasa = evidence + be + slight.
* hacerse escaso = become + scarce.
* ser escaso = be few and far between.
* ser muy escaso = be at a premium.
* ya de por sí escaso = already-scarce.