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Deficiency Dearth Drought Exiguity Famine Inadequacy Infrequncy Insufficiency Lacking Paucity Rarity Scanty Shortage Sparseness Sparsity Stringency
There is no specific term for a fear of inadequacy. However, a word which is used to describe a fear of failure is atychiphobia.
The scarcity of the books in the library shocked me.
shortage scarcity
Yes, the word 'scarcity' is a noun, a word for an insufficiency of amount or supply; a shortage; a word for a thing.
There is lot of water scarcity in my locality.
It is a noun.
An antonym for the word "plenty" is "scarcity" or "lack".
Scarcity is the state of being in a short supply. An example of using it in a sentence would be "The scarcity of water caused the state to pass water rationing laws". The word 'scarcity' is a noun, which functions as the subject of a sentence or clause, and as the object of a verb or a preposition.Examples:A scarcity of good jobs has forced many to relocate. (subject of the sentence)The flood caused a scarcity of housing. (direct object of the verb 'caused')
The noun 'scarcity' is a word for not enough to satisfy what is needed; the resources are finite, cannot meet the need, which is infinite.
Yes, the word 'insufficiency' is a synonym for 'scarcity'. Other synonyms are: shortage, dearth, or lack.
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