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WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun has 1 sense
- scarceness(n = noun.attribute) scarcity - a small and inadequate amount;
Derived form adjective scarce1
CIDE DICTIONARY
, 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]
Syn. -- Deficiency; lack; want; penury; dearth; rareness; rarity; infrequency.