Scarcity

//ˈskɛɹsɪti//

Synonyms for "scarcity" (60 found)

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Closest matches (12)

dearth deficiency infrequency lack rareness rarity shortage want absence chinchiness chintziness

Noun(1 words)

infrequency

Strong matches (18)

Noun(4 words)

dearth deficiency dejection lack

defect exiguity famine fewness inadequacy inadequateness infrequence insufficiency meagerness miserliness need niggardliness occasionalness

Prep_phrase(1 words)

in short supply

Related words (30)

Related word relations

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8 relation types

More general

3 entries

deficiency inadequacy insufficiency

Antonyms

3 entries

abundance copiousness

Synonyms

9 entries

dearth deficiency infrequency lack penury rareness rarity shortage want

derived

4 entries

artificial scarcity digital scarcity postscarcity root of scarcity

distinct from

1 entries

abundance

etymologically related_to

1 entries

scarce

is a

2 entries

insufficiency situation

related to

5 entries

amount deficient inadequate scarce shortage

Translations

79 translations across 30 languages.

Ancient Greek

1 entries

σπάνις noun (the condition of something being scarce or deficient)

Asturian

1 entries

escasez noun (the condition of something being scarce or deficient)

Bulgarian

3 entries

липса noun (the condition of something being scarce or deficient)
недостиг noun (an inadequate amount of something; a shortage)
оскъдица noun (the condition of something being scarce or deficient)

Catalan

3 entries

escassedat noun (the condition of something being scarce or deficient)
escassesa noun (the condition of something being scarce or deficient)
escassetat noun (the condition of something being scarce or deficient)

Chinese Mandarin

1 entries

缺少 noun (an inadequate amount of something; a shortage)

Czech

2 entries

nedostatek noun (the condition of something being scarce or deficient)
nedostatek noun (an inadequate amount of something; a shortage)

Dutch

2 entries

schaarste noun (the condition of something being scarce or deficient)
tekort noun (an inadequate amount of something; a shortage)

Esperanto

1 entries

malabundo noun (the condition of something being scarce or deficient)

Finnish

2 entries

pula noun (an inadequate amount of something; a shortage)
vähyys noun (the condition of something being scarce or deficient)

French

3 entries

manque noun (the condition of something being scarce or deficient)
pénurie noun (an inadequate amount of something; a shortage)
rareté noun (the condition of something being scarce or deficient)

Galician

2 entries

escaseza noun (the condition of something being scarce or deficient)
escaseza noun (an inadequate amount of something; a shortage)

German

2 entries

Knappheit noun (the condition of something being scarce or deficient)
Mangel noun (the condition of something being scarce or deficient)

Greek

3 entries

έλλειψη noun (the condition of something being scarce or deficient)
σπάνις noun (the condition of something being scarce or deficient)
στενότητα noun (the condition of something being scarce or deficient)

Hindi

2 entries

अल्पता noun (an inadequate amount of something; a shortage)
दुर्लभता noun (the condition of something being scarce or deficient)

Italian

2 entries

scarsità noun (the condition of something being scarce or deficient)
scarsità noun (an inadequate amount of something; a shortage)

Latin

2 entries

inopia noun (an inadequate amount of something; a shortage)
paucitās noun (the condition of something being scarce or deficient)

Macedonian

4 entries

недостаток noun (an inadequate amount of something; a shortage)
недостиг noun (an inadequate amount of something; a shortage)
о́скудност noun (the condition of something being scarce or deficient)
ску́дност noun (the condition of something being scarce or deficient)

Māori

1 entries

ngōuruuru noun (an inadequate amount of something; a shortage)

Ottoman Turkish

1 entries

قلت noun (the condition of something being scarce or deficient)

Polish

1 entries

niedostatek noun (the condition of something being scarce or deficient)

Portuguese

3 entries

carestia noun (an inadequate amount of something; a shortage)
escassez noun (the condition of something being scarce or deficient)
escassez noun (an inadequate amount of something; a shortage)

Russian

4 entries

дефици́т noun (an inadequate amount of something; a shortage)
недоста́ток noun (the condition of something being scarce or deficient)
недоста́ток noun (an inadequate amount of something; a shortage)
нехва́тка noun (the condition of something being scarce or deficient)

Scottish Gaelic

4 entries

cion noun (the condition of something being scarce or deficient)
cion noun (an inadequate amount of something; a shortage)
gainne noun (the condition of something being scarce or deficient)
gainne noun (an inadequate amount of something; a shortage)

Spanish

4 entries

carencia noun (an inadequate amount of something; a shortage)
carestía noun (the condition of something being scarce or deficient)
carestía noun (an inadequate amount of something; a shortage)
escasez noun (the condition of something being scarce or deficient)

Swahili

4 entries

uchache noun (the condition of something being scarce or deficient)
uchache noun (an inadequate amount of something; a shortage)
uhaba noun (the condition of something being scarce or deficient)
uhaba noun (an inadequate amount of something; a shortage)

Tagalog

1 entries

kauyakan noun (the condition of something being scarce or deficient)

Telugu

2 entries

కొరత noun (the condition of something being scarce or deficient)
కొరత noun (an inadequate amount of something; a shortage)

Turkish

4 entries

azlık noun (the condition of something being scarce or deficient)
darlık noun (the condition of something being scarce or deficient)
darlık noun (an inadequate amount of something; a shortage)
kıtlık noun (the condition of something being scarce or deficient)

Ukrainian

2 entries

неста́ча noun (the condition of something being scarce or deficient)
неста́ча noun (an inadequate amount of something; a shortage)

Welsh

3 entries

anamlder noun (the condition of something being scarce or deficient)
diffyg noun (an inadequate amount of something; a shortage)
prinder noun (an inadequate amount of something; a shortage)

Sample sentences

14 total sentences available.

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If scarcity were overcome, most of the crimes and even the prisons of today's society would no longer be necessary.

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There seems to be a scarcity of Austrian chat rooms in the Web.

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And the seven lean and thin kine that came up after them, and the seven thin ears that were blasted with the burning wind, are seven years of famine to come: Which shall be fulfilled in this order. Behold, there shall come seven years of great plenty in the whole land of Egypt, after which shall follow other seven years of so great scarcity, that all the abundance before shall be forgotten: for the famine shall consume all the land, and the greatness of the scarcity shall destroy the greatness of the plenty.

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For the famine shall consume all the land, and the greatness of the scarcity shall destroy the greatness of the plenty.

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