scarce
adjective
insufficient to satisfy the need or demand; not abundant.
scarceness
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a word derived from
scarce.
Example Sentences
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While there’s a scarceness of concrete data to support this, the salon owners and barbers in various countries who I spoke to reported a moderate uptick in interest in body hair care.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2018
A scarceness seven years, or else three months' exile, If not, for three days a pestilence most vile, For one thou must have, there is no remedy.
From "Everyman," with other interludes, including eight miracle plays by Ernest Rhys
But our torches were poor, and driftwood of much scarceness, so we dare not investigate greatly the interior for better place.
From Fire Mountain A Thrilling Sea Story by Norman Springer
If he be vanquished, Or make his peace, Egypt is doomed to be A Roman province; and our plenteous harvests Must then redeem the scarceness of their soil.
From The works of John Dryden, now first collected in eighteen volumes. Volume 05 by Sir Walter Scott
If he be vanquished, Or make his peace, Egypt is doomed to be A Roman province; and our plenteous harvests Must then redeem the scarceness of their soil.
From All for Love Or, the World Well Lost A Tragedy by John Dryden
