Scarceness

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. [1913 Webster]

A scarcity of snow would raise a mutiny at Naples. --Addison. [1913 Webster]

Praise . . . owes its value to its scarcity. --Rambler. [1913 Webster]

The value of an advantage is enhanced by its scarceness. --Collier. [1913 Webster]

Syn: Deficiency; lack; want; penury; dearth; rareness; rarity; infrequency. [1913 Webster]

The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.

Игры ⚽ Поможем написать реферат

scarceness — index dearth, insignificance, paucity, poverty Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
scarceness — noun see scarce I … New Collegiate Dictionary
scarceness — See scarce. * * * … Universalium
scarceness — noun The property of being scarce … Wiktionary
scarceness — (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun The condition or fact of being deficient: defect, deficiency, deficit, inadequacy, insufficiency, lack, paucity, poverty, scantiness, scantness, scarcity, shortage, shortcoming, shortfall, underage1. See EXCESS … English dictionary for students
scarceness — scarceÂ·ness || skersnÉª / keÉ™s n. rareness, scarcity, state of being in short supply … English contemporary dictionary
scarceness — scarce·ness … English syllables
scarceness — See: scarce … English dictionary
scarceness — / skeəsnəs/, scarcity / skeəsɪti/ noun the state of being scarce ● There is a scarcity of trained staff … Marketing dictionary in english
scarceness — noun a small and inadequate amount • Syn: ↑scarcity • Ant: ↑abundance (for: ↑scarcity) • Derivationally related forms: ↑scarce, ↑scarce ( … Useful english dictionary

Academic Dictionaries and Encyclopedias