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Synonyms & Antonyms of scarcity
a falling short of an essential or desirable amount or number
- the scarcity of good restaurants around here is surprising
Synonyms for scarcity
- crunch,
- dearth,
- deficiency,
- deficit,
- drought
- (also drouth),
- failure,
- famine,
- inadequacy,
- inadequateness,
- insufficiency,
- lack,
- lacuna,
- paucity,
- pinch,
- poverty,
- scantiness,
- scarceness,
- shortage,
- undersupply,
- want
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“Scarcity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scarcity. Accessed 3 Mar. 2021.
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The first known use of scarcity was in the 14th century
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