Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The state or condition of being scarce.
- noun Deficiency; dearth.
- noun Bareness; infrequency of occurrence; uncommonness.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The quality or condition of being scarce; smallness of quantity in proportion to the wants or demands; deficiency; lack of plenty; short supply; penury.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The property of being
scarce .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a small and inadequate amount
Etymologies
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Examples
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'He setteth the poor on high, an letteth the runagates continoo in scarceness.'
Oldtown Folks 1869
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You may have noticed my (LowerManhattanite's) scarceness over the last week-and-a-half or so.
Fragility 2008
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You may have noticed my (LowerManhattanite's) scarceness over the last week-and-a-half or so.
Archive 2008-03-01 2008
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Vendors were selling turtledoves, which were valuable because they had to be captured lest they migrate away in times of scarceness.
FROM THE CROSS TO PENTECOST T. D. JAKES 2010
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I've had a lot going on lately, as you may have guessed by my semi-scarceness.
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Once a Kitchen thread centered on the scarceness of yellow onions, so when I saw them en la tienda, I scooped them up and made haste en la cocina.
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Once a Kitchen thread centered on the scarceness of yellow onions, so when I saw them en la tienda, I scooped them up and made haste en la cocina.
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Once a Kitchen thread centered on the scarceness of yellow onions, so when I saw them en la tienda, I scooped them up and made haste en la cocina.
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Once a Kitchen thread centered on the scarceness of yellow onions, so when I saw them en la tienda, I scooped them up and made haste en la cocina.
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Once a Kitchen thread centered on the scarceness of yellow onions, so when I saw them en la tienda, I scooped them up and made haste en la cocina.
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