SCARCITY

scarcity, scarceness

(noun) a small and inadequate amount

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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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

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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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