scarcity
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scarcity
- /ˈskɛɹsɪti/ US
- /ˈskɛəsɪti/ UK
Where it comes from
Inherited from Middle English scarsite, from Old Northern French escarsete; by surface analysis, scarce + -ity.
noun scarcities
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The condition of something being scarce or deficient.
Praise […] owes its value only to its scarcity.
Similar: infrequency
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An inadequate amount of something; a shortage.
a scarcity of grain
Similar: dearth
Similar: rareness, rarity, deficiency, lack, infrequency, penury, want · Opposite: frequency, commonness, abundance, copiousness
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: scarceness, scarce, dearth, paucity, shortage, penury, poverty, indigence, deficit, deficiency, insufficiency, inadequacy, lack, shortcoming, insufficient, failure
noun
Similar: rareness, rarity, deficiency, lack, infrequency, penury, want · Opposite: frequency, commonness, abundance, copiousness
Translations
Every language
noun the condition of something being scarce or deficient
| Español | escasez, penuria, carestía, exigüidad, menester |
|---|---|
| हिन्दी | दुर्लभता durlabhtā |
| Kiswahili | uchache, uhaba |
| Português | escassez |
| Français | manque, rareté |
| Deutsch | Mangel, Knappheit |
| Italiano | scarsità |
| Ελληνικά | σπάνις spánis, έλλειψη élleipsi, στενότητα stenótita |
| Русский | нехва́тка nexvátka, ску́дость skúdostʹ, недоста́ток nedostátok |
Talk about this word "scarcity." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/scarcity. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. scarcity. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/scarcity "scarcity." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/scarcity.Cite this
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title = {scarcity},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/scarcity},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
