scarcity

scar·ci·ty (skâr

-t

)

n. pl. scar·ci·ties

1. Insufficiency of amount or supply; shortage: a scarcity of food that was caused by drought.

2. Rarity of appearance or occurrence: antiques that are valued for their scarcity.

scarcity [ˈskɛəsɪtɪ]

n pl -ties

1. inadequate supply; dearth; paucity

2. rarity or infrequent occurrence

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Noun

scarcity - a small and inadequate amount

scarceness

inadequacy, deficiency, insufficiency - lack of an adequate quantity or number; "the inadequacy of unemployment benefits"

paucity, dearth - an insufficient quantity or number

infrequency, rareness, rarity - noteworthy scarcity

abundance, copiousness, teemingness - the property of a more than adequate quantity or supply; "an age of abundance"

scarcity

noun shortage, lack, deficiency, poverty, want, dearth, paucity, insufficiency, infrequency, undersupply, rareness an ever-increasing scarcity of water
excess, surplus, abundance, glut, surfeit, superfluity

Translations

scarcity [ˈskɛəsɪtɪ]

A. N (= shortage) [of money, food, resources] → escasez f, carestía f; [of doctors, teachers] → escasez f

B. CPD scarcity value N it has scarcity value → tiene valor por lo escaso que es

scarcity [ˈskɛə^rsɪti] scarceness [ˈskɛə^rsnɪs] n → rareté f, pénurie f
scarcity value n → valeur f de rareté

scarcity [ˈskɛəsɪtɪ] scarceness [ˈskɛəsnɪs] n (of jobs, accommodation) → scarsezza, scarsità; (of food) → penuria

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abundance
Bergmeal
Calochortus nuttallii
causal
dearth
deficiency
Derth
fair rent
Honey ant
infrequency
insufficiency
males
market rent
paucity
poverty
rareness
rarity
ration
regulated item

" At that moment the master himself entered, and having had to complain that his oxen had not been properly fed, he went up to their racks and cried out: "Why is there such a scarcity of fodder?

Fables by Aesop View in context

The chateau of Vaux-le-Vicomte, situated about a league from Melun, had been built by Fouquet in 1655, at a time when there was a scarcity of money in France; Mazarin had taken all that there was, and Fouquet expended the remainder.

The Man in the Iron Mask by Dumas, Alexandre View in context

The same is also observed in many others with respect to natural children; but it is through want of citizens regularly born that they admit such: for these laws are always made in consequence of a scarcity of inhabitants; so, as their numbers increase, they first deprive the children of a male or female slave of this privilege, next the child of a free-woman, and last of all they will admit none but those whose fathers and mothers were both free.

A Treatise on Government by Aristotle View in context

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