scarcity

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Inflections of 'scarcity' (n): npl: scarcities

scarcity
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Sense: Noun: lack

Synonyms:

scarceness, shortage , lack , deficiency, dearth, need , want , insufficiency, undersupply, rareness, sparseness, inadequacy, rarity, absence , paucity, scantiness, drought , famine , poverty

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