SCANTNESS Synonyms: 80 Similar and Opposite Words

scantness

noun

Definition of scantness

as in shortage

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Noun

The agreement comes as Hialeah continues to grapple with staffing shortages and difficulties retaining experienced emergency personnel.

— Verónica Egui Brito, Miami Herald, 30 Oct. 2026
The memory shortage also threatens to discourage PC builders from creating new desktops.

— Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 30 Oct. 2026

Definition of shortage

Noun

The coaster’s most recent inspection, on March 16, reported no violations, deficiencies, citations or red tags, according to King.

— Alaa Elassar, CNN Money, 24 Oct. 2026
Other diseases that cause similar symptoms and findings include lupus, Lyme disease, fibromyalgia, vitamin B12 deficiency, and less common conditions like neuromyelitis optica and MOG antibody disease.

— Lindsay Karp, STAT, 23 Oct. 2026

Definition of deficiency

Noun

Layoffs, furloughs or a spending freeze may all be back on the table in January as the next school board inherits a district with billions of dollars in long-term debt that only this summer closed a $732 million deficit.

— Alice Yin, Chicago Tribune, 4 Nov. 2026
DeBrusk breathed new life into Rogers Arena with just over 10 minutes left, blasting a point shot to cut Vancouver’s deficit to a single goal.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 4 Nov. 2026

Definition of deficit

Noun

The initial scarcity of GPUs meant to own Nvidia above all else from 2023 through 2024.

— Michael Santoli, CNBC, 3 Nov. 2026
Water scarcity depletes grain, grass, and other plants that cows eat, forcing ranchers to either buy supplemental feed or thin their herds to keep afloat financially.

— The Week US, TheWeek, 2 Nov. 2026

Definition of scarcity

Noun

Our adversaries are climate change, the threat of nuclear war, hunger, poverty and disease, not China.

— Letters to the Editor, Hartford Courant, 30 Oct. 2026
Well into her 90s, Huerta traveled across the country to speak about race, poverty, and women’s rights on behalf of the Dolores Huerta Foundation based in Bakersfield, California.

— Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 29 Oct. 2026

Definition of poverty

Noun

Rice’s absence with a hamstring injury — and his return Sunday — showed just how much the offense missed him.

— Pete Sweeney, Kansas City Star, 2 Nov. 2026
Real estate developer Rick Caruso, who was defeated by Bass in 2022 and had family members lose homes in the inferno, blasted Bass over her absence and the city’s struggle to combat the blaze.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 1 Nov. 2026

Definition of absence

Noun

Even if Theranos had a functioning testing machine, the economic model on which is was based would result in failure.

— Torie Bosch, STAT, 24 Oct. 2026
Even among voters who want Republicans to retain control, 17% cited weak AI and data center oversight — second only to a failure to bring down prices.

— Luke Fountain, CNBC, 24 Oct. 2026

Definition of failure

Noun

The drummer said she was distressed by the paucity of water stations available, and feared the triple-digit heat was a risk for fans.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 7 Oct. 2026
Research shows that the paucity of surgeons is likely to increase during the coming years.

— Justin Klawans, TheWeek, 5 Oct. 2026

Definition of paucity

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