scarcity
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scar·ci·ty
(skâr′sĭ-tē)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.
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scarcity
(ˈskɛəsɪtɪ)n, pl -ties
1. inadequate supply; dearth; paucity
2. rarity or infrequent occurrence
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scar•ci•ty
(ˈskɛər sɪ ti)n., pl. -ties.
1. insufficiency or shortness of supply; dearth.
2. rarity; infrequency.
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Noun | 1. | scarcity - a small and inadequate amount inadequacy, deficiency, insufficiency - lack of an adequate quantity or number; "the inadequacy of unemployment benefits" abundance, copiousness, teemingness - the property of a more than adequate quantity or supply; "an age of abundance" |
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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
excess, surplus, abundance, glut, surfeit, superfluity
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scarcity
nounThe condition or fact of being deficient:
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Translations
نُدْرَه
nedostatek
knaphed
pula
skortur
pomanjkanje
scarcity
[ˈskɛəsɪtɪ]Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
scarcity
[ˈskɛərsɪti] scarceness [ˈskɛərsnɪs] n → rareté f, pénurie fscarcity value n → valeur f de raretéCollins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
scarcity
[ˈskɛəsɪtɪ] scarceness [ˈskɛəsnɪs] n (of jobs, accommodation) → scarsezza, scarsità; (of food) → penuriaCollins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
scarce
(skeəs) adjective not many or enough in number. Paintings by this artist are very scarce; Food is scarce because of the drought.
ˈscarcely adverb1. only just; not quite. Speak louder please – I can scarcely hear you; scarcely enough money to live on.
2. used to suggest that something is unreasonable. You can scarcely expect me to work when I'm ill.
ˈscarcity noun (a) lack or shortage. a scarcity of work/jobs; times of scarcity.
make oneself scarce to run away or stay away, especially in order to avoid trouble. As soon as the police arrived, he made himself scarce.
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