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SCARCENESS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Synonyms:
scarceness; scarcity
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("scarceness" is a kind of...):
deficiency; inadequacy; insufficiency (lack of an adequate quantity or number)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "scarceness"):
dearth; paucity (an insufficient quantity or number)
infrequency; rareness; rarity (noteworthy scarcity)
Derivation:
scarce (deficient in quantity or number compared with the demand)