Scarcity synonyms and antonyms

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A lack or deficiency.

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A shortage of required material.

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The personification of famine, often depicted riding a black horse.

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poverty (related)

Poverty is the state of being poor, having little money or being in need of a specific quality.

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A lack or shortage, especially of something essential to health:

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Smallness of number; fewness.

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The thing that is lacking or needed

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rareness

The property of being rare; rarity

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(Uncountable) The quality of being scanty.

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The property of being sparse, sparseness.

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A tightness or constriction

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uncommonness

The state or quality of being uncommon.

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A deficient amount; a shortfall.

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abundance (antonym)

A great or plentiful amount:

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dearth (related)

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A failure to attain a specified amount or level; a shortage.

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Inadequate supply:

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A prolonged or serious shortage or deficiency

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The quality of being meagre or scanty

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The state of being unfrequented; isolation; seclusion.

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The property of being scant.

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The property of being scarce.

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The definition of a shortcoming is a failing or something that is considered to be a flaw.

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excess (related)

An undue indulgence of the appetite; transgression of proper moderation in natural gratifications; intemperance; dissipation.

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depletion (related)

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maldistribution (related)

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over-population (related)

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The definition of a want is something desired or wished for.

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An error or flaw in a process or product, affecting performance and potentially causing harm; a shortcoming in a legal document that may lead to its invalidity, or in a pleading that may lead to its dismissal.

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Inadequacy or insufficiency:

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Find another word for scarcity. In this page you can discover 31 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for scarcity, like: shortage, inadequacy, rarity, famine, poverty, deficiency, paucity, lack, rareness, scantiness and sparsity.