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1. (n.) scarcity
insufficiency or shortness of supply; dearth.
2. scarcity
rarity; infrequency.
Etymology: (1300–50; ME scarsete(e) < ONF escarsete. See scarce , -ity)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) scarcity, scarceness
a small and inadequate amount
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1. (noun) scarcity
the quality or condition of being scarce; smallness of quantity in proportion to the wants or demands; deficiency; lack of plenty; short supply; penury; as, a scarcity of grain; a great scarcity of beauties
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Sense: (a) lack or shortage
a scarcity of work/jobs; times of scarcity.
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 Afrikaans: skaarsheid |
 Arabic: نُدْرَه |
 Bulgarian: недостиг |
 Brazilian: escassez |
 Czech: nedostatek |
 German: die Knappheit |
 Danish: knaphed |
 Greek: έλλειψη |
 Spanish: escasez |
 Estonian: nappus, puudus |
 Farsi: كميابي |
 Finnish: puute |
 French: rareté |
 Hebrew: מַחֲסוֹר |
 Hindi: कमी, अभाव, विरलता |
 Croatian: nestašica |
 Hungarian: hiány |
 Indonesian: kekurangan |
 Icelandic: skortur |
 Italian: scarsità, penuria |
 Japanese: 不足 |
 Korean: 결핍 |
 Lithuanian: stygius |
 Latvian: retums; nepietiekamība; t |
 Malay: kekurangan |
 Dutch: schaarste |
 Norwegian: mangel (på), knapphet; dy |
 Polish: brak, niedobór |
 Persian: كميابي |
 Pashto: لږوالى، كمى |
 Portuguese: escassez |
 Romanian: raritate |
 Russian: недостаток, дефицит |
 Slovak: nedostatok |
 Slovenian: pomanjkanje |
 Serbian: oskudnost |
 Swedish: brist, knapphet, sällsynt |
 Thai: ความขาดแคลน |
 Turkish: kıtlık |
 Taiwanese: 缺乏 |
 Ukrainian: недостача, нестача |
 Urdu: قلت، کمی |
 Vietnamese: sự khan hiếm |
 Chinese: 缺乏 |
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