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    SCARCITY

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     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    A small and inadequate amountplay

    Synonyms:

    scarceness; scarcity

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

    Hypernyms ("scarcity" is a kind of...):

    deficiency; inadequacy; insufficiency (lack of an adequate quantity or number)

    Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "scarcity"):

    dearth; paucity (an insufficient quantity or number)

    infrequency; rareness; rarity (noteworthy scarcity)

    Antonym:

    abundance (the property of a more than adequate quantity or supply)

    Derivation:

    scarce (deficient in quantity or number compared with the demand)

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