Meaning of scarcity | Babel Free

Definitions

1. The condition of something being scarce or deficient
2. The condition of something being scarce or deficient.
   uncountable
3. An inadequate amount of something; a shortage
4. The condition or fact of being deficient:defect, deficiency, deficit, inadequacy, insufficiency, lack, paucity, poverty, scantiness, scantness, scarceness, shortage, shortcoming, shortfall, underage.
5. An inadequate amount of something; a shortage.
   countable
6. not many or enough in number. Paintings by this artist are very scarce; Food is scarce because of the drought. skaars نادِر، غَيْر مُتَوَفِّر недостатъчен raro vzácný, omezený knapp sjælden; knap λιγοστός, σπάνιοςescaso, poco común/frecuente haruldane, vähe نادر harvalukuinen rareנדיר दुर्लभ oskudan, rijedak kevés; ritka sedikit sjaldgæfur; af skornum skammti raro 少ない 불충분한 negausus, nepakankamas rets; nepietiekams sukar didapati schaarssjelden; knapp, snau rzadki, niewystarczający لږ، كم، ناد...
7. (a) lack or shortage. a scarcity of work/jobs; times of scarcity. skaarsheid نُدْرَه недостиг escassez nedostatek die Knappheit knaphed έλλειψηescasez nappus, puudus كميابي puute raretéמחסור कमी, अभाव, विरलता nestašica hiány kekurangan skortur scarsità, penuria 不足 결핍 stygius retums; nepietiekamība; trūkums kekurangan schaarste mangel , knapphet; dyrtidbrak, niedobór لږوالى، كمى escassez raritate недостаток, дефицит nedostatok pomanjkanje oskudnost brist, knapphet, sällsynthet ความขาดแคลน kıtl...
8. to run away or stay away, especially in order to avoid trouble. As soon as the police arrived, he made himself scarce. jou skaars maak يَتَوارى، يَغيب عن الأعْيُن изпарявам се escafeder-se zmizet sich dünn machen gøre sig usynlig; stikke af γίνομαι άφαντος largarse, esfumarse kõrvale hoidma جيم شدن pysytellä piilossa s'esquiver לְהֵיעָלֵם भाग जाना, चंपत हो जाना pobjeći, nestati elillan, lelép menyingkir láta ekki sjá sig, láta sig hverfa andarsene, rendersi irreperibile 引っ込んでいる 슬쩍 (살금살금) 떠나다 ...
   especially
9. Insufficiency of amount or supply; shortage: a scarcity of food that was caused by drought.
10. Rarity of appearance or occurrence: antiques that are valued for their scarcity.
11. inadequate supply; dearth; paucity
12. rarity or infrequent occurrence
13. insufficiency or shortness of supply; dearth.
14. rarity; infrequency.

Equivalents

Examples

“Praise […] owes its value only to its scarcity.”

“To understand the events of the next fifty years, then, one must understand environmental scarcity, cultural and racial clash, geographic destiny, and the transformation of war.”

“a scarcity of grain”

“The crucial and intersecting challenges of scarcities, both emerging and intensifying, will consume China’s custodians over the next decade.”

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