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scarcity

/ˈskɛɹsɪti/ noun

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In Latin: paucitās Wiktionary

noun Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about scarcity at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

  1. The condition of something being scarce or deficient.
  2. An inadequate amount of something; a shortage.
    a scarcity of grain

Origin

Inherited from Middle English scarsite, from Old Northern French escarsete; by surface analysis, scarce + -ity.

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Related Words: scarcenessscarcedearthpaucityshortagepenurypovertyindigencedeficitdeficiencyinsufficiencyinadequacy

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