escasso
es.cas.so

adj
1 scarce: sparing, niggardly, stingy.
2 scant(y), not abundant.
3 insufficient, deficient.
4 rare, uncommon, infrequent.
meios escassos narrow means: meu tempo é muito escasso / I have many claims on my time.Expressõesuma colheita escassa a thin crop.