scarceness (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the word *scarceness*:
NOUN	attribute	scarceness, scarcity	a small and inadequate amount

English > *scarceness*: 1 sense > noun 1, attribute
Meaning	A small and inadequate amount.
Synonym	scarcity
Narrower	dearth, paucity	An insufficient quantity or number
Narrower	rarity, rareness, infrequency	noteworthy scarcity
Broader	insufficiency, inadequacy, deficiency	lack of an adequate quantity or number
Opposite	abundance, copiousness, teemingness	The property of a more than adequate quantity or supply
Spanish	apretura, carestía, escasez, exigüidad, falta, parvedad
Catalan	escassetat
Adjectives	scarce	deficient in quantity or number compared with the demand

HyperDic: scarceness