Scarcity
['skeəsɪtɪ] or ['skɛrsəti]
Definition
(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.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Deficiency, dearth, want, insufficiency, lack.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Deficiency, lack, infrequency, want, dearth, rarity
ANT:Plenty, abundance, frequency
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Unserious Contents or Definition
To dream of scarcity, foretells sorrow in the household and failing affairs.
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Examples
- This created a serious scarcity, and a nomadic operator going to any telegraphic centre would be sure to find a place open waiting for him. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Their highest price, however, seems not to be necessarily determined by any thing but the actual scarcity or plenty of these metals themselves. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- Notwithstanding the great increase occasioned by such early marriages, there is a continual complaint of the scarcity of hands in North America. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- So we must leave thee, thou marvel of the world; we must bid farewell to thy clouds, and cold, and scarcity for ever! Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- The scarcity of such people is astonishing. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- This complaint, however, of the scarcity of money, is not always confined to improvident spendthrifts. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- The present high rent of inclosed land in Scotland seems owing to the scarcity of inclosure, and will probably last no longer than that scarcity. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- And then, having yourselves thus lessened our encouragement for raising sheep, you curse us for the scarcity of mutton! Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- The year 1740, however, was a year of extraordinary scarcity. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- In years of scarcity, therefore, the corn merchant buys a great part of his corn for the ordinary price, and sells it for a much higher. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- The scarcity of those metals, therefore, must be the effect of choice, and not of necessity. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- It was the scarcity of rags, especially of linen rags, that forced inventors to find other paper-producing materials. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- No complaint, however, is more common than that of a scarcity of money. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- In years of scarcity, the difficulty and uncertainty of subsistence make all such people eager to return to service. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- In the other, there is often a scarcity, which necessarily augments their value. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
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