[U,C] (plural scarcities) if there is a scarcity of sth, there is not enough of it and it is difficult to obtain it
SYNSHORTAGE:
a time of scarcity * a scarcity of food / resources / data
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for scarcity is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Is scarcity a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, scarcity is tagged as noun.
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