scarcity

Meaning

1. (uncountable) The condition of something being scarce or deficient.
2. (countable) An inadequate amount of something; a shortage.

Synonyms

shortage

dearth

famine

lack

deficiency

want

rarity

rareness

scarceness

paucity

insufficiency

poverty

shortcoming

deficit

starvation

drought

flaw

dearness

defect

absence

inadequacy

lacking

need

scantiness

shortfall

sparseness

shortage of food

infrequent

fluid

insufficient

irregularity

fewness

arrears

leanness

meagerness

misery

default of

failing

penury

pittance

poorness

rare

rarely

exiguity

ellipse

rainlessness

scarce

distress

seldom

deprivation

Translations

scarsità

escasez

carestia

pénurie

Mangel

penuria

Knappheit

escassez

disette

carestía

rareté

falta

scarsezza

carenza

manque

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈskɛɹsɪti/

Etymology

From Old Northern French escarcete; by surface analysis, scarce + -ity.