|  scarcity 
 
 a small and inadequate amount (Freq. 1)
 • Syn:
 scarceness
 • Ant:
 abundance
 • Derivationally related forms:
 scarce (for: scarceness), scarce
 • Hypernyms:
 insufficiency, inadequacy, deficiency
 • Hyponyms:
 dearth, paucity, rarity, rareness, infrequency
 
 
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