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scarcity::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | scarceness |
| Type of | inadequacy, deficiency, insufficiency |
| Has types | rareness, dearth, rarity, infrequency, paucity |
| Derivation | scarce |
Examples of scarcity
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Catchers, like closers, tend to be a bit overrated because of position scarcity.
From the sportsillustrated.cnn.com
Food scarcity threatens to undermine our achievements in reducing world poverty.
From the economist.com
Scarcity can even skew our choices of lovers and partners, if we're not careful.
From the denverpost.com
Chalk it up to the Appalachian Trail and the scarcity of parks in the Southeast.
From the courier-journal.com
Scarcity of resources is not an impediment but an enabler for frugal innovation.
From the economist.com
Let us ignore for the moment the limits imposed by scarcity of physical capital.
From the economist.com
This is further complicated by the current scarcity of public charging stations.
From the en.wikipedia.org
That means a little less of that artificial scarcity to drive shares up quickly.
From the forbes.com
But what's getting in the way of my blogging isn't so much the scarcity of time.
From the blogs.psychcentral.com
- A small and inadequate amount
- (scarce) barely: only a very short time before; "they could barely hear the speaker"; "we hardly knew them"; "just missed being hit"; "had scarcely rung the bell when the door flew open"; "would have scarce arrived before she would have found some excuse to leave"- W.B.Yeats
- (scarce) deficient in quantity or number compared with the demand; "fresh vegetables were scarce during the drought"
- Scarcity is the fundamental economic problem of having seemingly unlimited human needs and wants, in a world of limited resources. It states that society has insufficient productive resources to fulfill all human wants and needs. ...
- (Scarce (band)) Scarce are an Alternative rock band formed in Rhode Island, New York, USA. They were active from 1993 to 1997, and reformed in 2008.
- (Scarce (surname)) Scarce is a surname, and may refer to: * Kevin Scarce (born 1952), Royal Australian Navy admiral * Mac Scarce (born 1949), American baseball player * Michael Scarce (21st century), American writer * scarce shika (since preconcieved)
- The condition of something being scarce or deficient; an inadequate amount of something; a shortage
- (scarce) Insufficient to meet a demand or requirement; Difficult to find, due to scarcity; Scarcely, only just
- (Scarce) In short supply, but with more survivors accessible than of a coin labeled rare.
