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scarceness |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Scarceness \Scarce"ness\, Scarcity \Scar"ci*ty\, 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. A scarcity of snow would raise a mutiny at Naples. --Addison. Praise . . . owes its value to its scarcity. --Rambler. The value of an advantage is enhanced by its scarceness. --Collier. Syn: Deficiency; lack; want penury; dearth; rareness; rarity; infrequency. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: scarceness n : a small and inadequate amount [syn: {scarcity}] [ant: {abundance}]
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