Synonyms of scarcities

scarcities

noun

plural of scarcity

as in shortages

a falling short of an essential or desirable amount or number

the scarcity of good restaurants around here is surprising

Synonyms & Similar Words

• shortages
• lacks
• deficiencies
• deficits
• droughts
• famines
• inadequacies
• insufficiencies
• absences
• lacunae
• poverties
• dearths
• failures
• wants
• undersupplies
• paucities
• necessities
• omissions
• pinches
• crunches
• privations
• needs

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• abundances
• adequacies
• amplitudes
• sufficiencies
• wealths
• surpluses
• excesses
• plenties
• plenitudes
• oversupplies
• opulences
• surfeits
• overabundances

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of scarcities

Blake Miller, a firefighter from Scottsdale who was deployed to wildfires in the Pacific Northwest over the summer, said his crews faced resource scarcities battling large Oregon infernos. — Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 21 Sep. 2026

Soon, the horrifying virus is everywhere, and resulting scarcities of water, food, and medicine cause panic, which leads to false conspiracy theories, riots, and an utter collapse of social trust. — The Week Us, TheWeek, 19 Aug. 2026

Combine these two scarcities and watch how PooCravian information proliferates with no end in sight. — Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 30 Apr. 2026

Meanwhile, the island’s population, almost all of which lives below the poverty line according to some estimates, continues to face essential scarcities, raising fears of a humanitarian crisis. — Prashant Rao, semafor.com, 8 Apr. 2026

Still, the financial strain continued and, by the fall, dozens of staff and prisoners were telling ProPublica about unusual scarcities in facilities across the country. — Keri Blakinger, ProPublica, 25 Feb. 2026

This is because climate change and ecological collapse are very likely to cause political fragmentation that nullifies legal and cultural precedents like abolition, and bring about agrarian and manufacturing crises and scarcities in which people are forced into labor. — Literary Hub, 12 Dec. 2025

In addition to political persecution, returning Venezuelans would reenter a country teetering on collapse—maligned by hyperinflation, soaring unemployment, rampant crime, frequent power outages, water shortages and chronic scarcities of food and medicine. — Antonio Maria Delgado, Miami Herald, 3 Sep. 2025