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scarceness
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun scarceness has 1 sense
- scarceness(n = noun.attribute) scarcity - a small and inadequate amount; Array is a kind of deficiency, inadequacy, insufficiency
has particulars: dearth, paucity, infrequency, rareness, rarity
Derived form adjective scarce1
CIDE DICTIONARY
scarceness, n.
The quality or condition of being scarce; smallness of quantity in proportion to the wants or demands; deficiency; lack of plenty; short supply; penury; as, a scarcity of grain; a great scarcity of beauties. Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
"A scarcity of snow would raise a mutiny at Naples."
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"Praise . . . owes its value to its scarcity."
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"The value of an advantage is enhanced by its scarceness."
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Syn. -- Deficiency; lack; want; penury; dearth; rareness; rarity; infrequency.
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