scarcity

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Etymology

From Old Northern French escarcete. See scarce.

Noun

scarcity ‎(countable and uncountable, plural scarcities)

1. (uncountable) the condition of something being scarce or deficient
   • Rambler

     Praise […] owes its value to its scarcity.

2. (countable) an inadequate amount of something; a shortage

   a scarcity of grain

Translations

the condition of something being scarce or deficient

• Asturian: escasez f
• Catalan: escassetat (ca) f, escassedat f, escassesa f
• Czech: nedostatek (cs) m
• Dutch: schaarste (nl) c
• Finnish: vähyys (fi)
• French: manque (fr) m, rareté (fr) f
• Galician: escaseza f
• German: Mangel (de) m, Knappheit (de) f
• Greek: σπάνις (el) ‎(spánis), έλλειψη (el) ‎(élleipsi), στενότητα (el) f ‎(stenótita)

• Italian: scarsità (it) f
• Macedonian: оскудност f ‎(óskudnost)
• Portuguese: escassez (pt) f
• Russian: нехва́тка (ru) f ‎(nexvátka), ску́дость (ru) f ‎(skúdostʹ), недоста́ток (ru) m ‎(nedostátok)
• Scottish Gaelic: cion m, gainne f, gainnead m
• Spanish: escasez (es)
• Tagalog: kauyakan
• Telugu: కొరత (te) ‎(korata) (korata)

an inadequate amount of something; a shortage

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 缺少 (zh) ‎(quēshǎo)

• Czech: nedostatek (cs) m
• Dutch: tekort (nl)
• Finnish: pula (fi)
• French: pénurie (fr) f
• Galician: escaseza f
• Italian: scarsità (it) f

• Macedonian: недостаток m ‎(nedóstatok), недостиг m ‎(nédostig)
• Maori: ngōuruuru
• Portuguese: escassez (pt) f, carestia (pt) f
• Russian: недоста́ток (ru) m ‎(nedostátok), дефици́т (ru) m ‎(deficít)
• Scottish Gaelic: cion m, gainne f, gainnead m
• Spanish: carestía (es) f
• Telugu: కొరత (te) ‎(korata) (korata)

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Synonyms

• dearth
• deficiency
• lack
• infrequency
• penury
• rareness
• rarity
• want

Antonyms

• abundance
• copiousness