About The Word Scarceness
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Scarceness
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What's The Definition Of Scarceness?
[n] a small and inadequate amount
Synonyms | Synonyms for Scarceness: scarcity Related Terms | Find terms related to Scarceness: See Also | dearth | deficiency | inadequacy | infrequency | insufficiency | paucity | rareness | rarity Scarceness In Webster's Dictionary \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.
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