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Scarcity : (noun)
1: a small and inadequate amount [syn: scarceness] [ant: abundance]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Scarceness \Scarce"ness\,Scarcity : \Scar"ci*ty\, n.
The quality or condition of being scarce; smallness of
quantity in proportion to the wants or demands; deficiency;
lack of plenty; short supply; penury; as, a scarcity of
grain; a great scarcity of beauties. --Chaucer.
A scarcity of snow would raise a mutiny at Naples.
--Addison.
Praise . . . owes its value to its scarcity. --Rambler.
The value of an advantage is enhanced by its
scarceness. --Collier.
Syn: Deficiency; lack; want; penury; dearth; rareness;
rarity; infrequency.
Based on WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003)
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