Plain brewed coffee contains almost no calories, while coffee with dairy products, sugar, and other flavorings is much higher in calories. An espresso has 20 calories. A nonfat latte has 72, while a flavored one has 134.
SCARCITY
scarcity, scarceness
(noun) a small and inadequate amount
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
scarcity (countable and uncountable, plural scarcities)
(uncountable) the condition of something being scarce or deficient
(countable) an inadequate amount of something; a shortage
Synonyms
• (condition of something being scarce): infrequency, rareness, rarity; see also rareness
• (inadequate amount of something): dearth, deficiency, lack, infrequency, penury, rareness, rarity, want; see also lack
Antonyms
• (condition of something being scarce): frequency, commonness; see also commonness
• (inadequate amount of something): abundance, copiousness; see also excess
Anagrams
• city cars
Source: Wiktionary
Scarce"ness, Scar"ci*ty, n.
Definition: 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. Chaucer. A scarcity of snow would raise a mutiny at Naples. Addison. Praise . . . owes its value to its scarcity. Rambler. The value of an advantage is enhanced by its scarceness. Collier.
Syn.
– Deficiency; lack; want; penury; dearth; rareness; rarity; infrequency.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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SCHNORR
(verb) obtain or seek to obtain by cadging or wheedling; “he is always shnorring cigarettes from his friends”
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