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Scarceness
see synonyms of scarcenessNoun
WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.
Scarceness
see synonyms of scarcenessadjective
1.
rarely encountered
2.
insufficient to meet the demand
3. make oneself scarce
adverb
4. archaic or literary
scarcely
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Scarceness
see synonyms of scarceness adjectiveWord forms: scarcer or scarcest
1.
not common; rarely seen
2.
not plentiful; not sufficient to meet the demand; hard to get
adverb
3. Literary
scarcely
Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.
Scarceness
see synonyms of scarcenessadj. scarc·er, scarc·est
1. Insufficient to meet a demand or requirement; short in supply: Fresh vegetables were scarce during the drought.
2. Hard to find; absent or rare: Steel pennies are scarce now except in coin shops.
adv.
Barely or hardly; scarcely.
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