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Noun: scarcity  skehr-si-tee
  1. A small and inadequate amount
    "a causal relationship between scarcity and higher prices";
    - scarceness

Derived forms: scarcities

Type of: deficiency, inadequacy, insufficiency

Antonym: teemingness

Encyclopedia: Scarcity

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