Synonyms for scarcity
ˈskɛər sɪ tiscarci·ty

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1. scarcitynoun

   Antonyms:
   abundance, copiousness

2. scarcitynoun

   Antonyms:
   copiousness, abundance

3. scarcitynoun

   Antonyms:
   abundance, copiousness

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1. scarcity

   Synonyms:
   deficiency, lack, infrequency, want, dearth, rarity

   Antonyms:
   plenty, abundance, frequency

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1. scarcity, scarcenessnoun

   a small and inadequate amount

   Synonyms:
   scarceness

   Antonyms:
   copiousness, teemingness, abundance

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1. • Insufficiency

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1. scarcitynoun

   Synonyms:
   deficiency, dearth, want, insufficiency, lack

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1. scarcitynoun

   Synonyms:
   dearth, deficiency, insufficiency, lack, drought, rarity, paucity

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1. List of paraphrases for "scarcity":

   shortage, rarity, paucity, rarety, dearth, shortages, lack, rarefaction, shortfall

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1. Barack Obama:

   A lot of what drives bad race relations is scarcity in the working-class populations, we have all of these looming questions with globalization and downsizing. These are underlying structural problems.

2. Brene Brown:

   When we feel good about the choices we’re making and when we’re engaging with the world from a place of worthiness rather than scarcity, we feel no need to judge and attack.

3. Risa Grais-Targow at consultancy Eurasia:

   The devaluation will temporarily exacerbate inflation, thus contributing to rising discontent, while goods scarcity will worsen on the back of lower oil prices.

4. William Barber:

   We are dealing with misallocation( of funds). But we're also dealing with a scarcity issue that has everything to do with the fact that HBCUs need funding.

5. Jonas Minton:

   In times of scarcity, human nature is to do one's share if you think others are making similar sacrifices, when it appears others are taking more than their share, it can be reduced to every person for themselves.