scarcity
[noun]
Synonyms: shortage, dearth, deficiency, insufficiency, lack, paucity, rareness, want

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Antonyms: abundance
Contrasted words: sufficiency, great deal, much, overabundance, overage, oversupply, surplus
Related Words: deficiency, shortage, underage, meagerness, rareness, uncommonness, absence, dearth, lack

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

scar‧ci‧ty /ˈskeəsəti, ˈskeəsɪti $ ˈsker-/ noun [singular]
a situation in which there is not enough of something Synonym : lack
scarcity of
the scarcity of employment opportunities

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

scarcity
noun
ADJ. great | relative
SCARCITY + NOUN value Old properties in the town have acquired a scarcity value.
PREP. ~ of There is a great scarcity of food in the drought-stricken areas.
PHRASES in times/years of scarcity In times of scarcity, lions will travel great distances in search of food.

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