thin on the ground

Adjective

Meaning

thin on the ground (comparative thinner on the ground, superlative thinnest on the ground)

scarce, or difficult to find.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Synonyms

few rare occasional uncommon scarce wanting sparse deficient infrequent fewer fewest in short supply

Examples

Episcopalians are pretty thin on the ground in the central United States. Charlaine Harris

They seem much rarer now, those auteur films that come out of a director's imagination and are elliptical and hermetic. All those films that got me into independent cinema when I was watching it seem thin on the ground. Toby Jones

Close letter words and terms

thin layer of the brain thin lens thin man thin on top thin out thin overcoat