Scarcity synonyms
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A shortage of required material.
A lack or shortage, especially of something essential to health:
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Inadequate supply:
lack (related)
Deficiency or absence:
poverty (related)
Poverty is the state of being poor, having little money or being in need of a specific quality.
1660, Church of England, “In the time of dearth and famine.”, in The Book of Common Prayer, page 21:
A prolonged or serious shortage or deficiency
The personification of famine, often depicted riding a black horse.
The state of being unfrequented; isolation; seclusion.
Smallness of number; fewness.
(Uncountable) The quality of being scanty.
A lack or deficiency.
uncommonness
The state or quality of being uncommon.
A failure to attain a specified amount or level; a shortage.
A deficient amount; a shortfall.
excess (related)
An undue indulgence of the appetite; transgression of proper moderation in natural gratifications; intemperance; dissipation.
The property of being scarce.
abundance (antonym)
A great or plentiful amount:
The definition of a want is something desired or wished for.
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.
Inadequacy or insufficiency:
The definition of a shortcoming is a failing or something that is considered to be a flaw.
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