Scarcity
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈskɛɹsɪti/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Scarcity is a noun meaning (uncountable) The condition of something being scarce or deficient.
Meaning
(uncountable) The condition of something being scarce or deficient.
More Meanings
- (countable) An inadequate amount of something; a shortage.
Example Sentences
a scarcity of grain
Praise […] owes its value only to its scarcity.
The crucial and intersecting challenges of scarcities, both emerging and intensifying, will consume China’s custodians over the next decade.
To understand the events of the next fifty years, then, one must understand environmental scarcity, cultural and racial clash, geographic destiny, and the transformation of war.
Word Forms
- scarcities
Synonyms for scarcity
Depending on context, synonyms include infrequency, rareness, rarity, dearth, deficiency, lack.
Antonyms for scarcity
Common opposites include frequency, commonness, abundance, copiousness.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include scarceness, scarce, dearth, paucity, shortage, penury.
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