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/insufficiency/enough.
scarceness
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The noun has one meaning:
Meaning #1:
a small and inadequate amount
Synonym: scarcity
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| Assassin (1974 Album by Pinnacle) |
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