scarcity
insufficiency or shortness of supply; dearth.
rarity; infrequency.
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- non·scar·ci·ty, noun, plural non·scar·ci·ties.
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How to use scarcity in a sentence
Over the past decade, a scarcity of risk capital has meant that funding for new explorations has been low.
However, the assumption that most pervades decision making in our era is scarcity.
The relative scarcity of lithium also means they’re unlikely to be able to meet all our energy needs.
Paradoxically, it is the very scarcity of lefties that creates the surplus.
What Really Gives Left-Handed Pitchers Their Edge? | Guy Molyneux | August 17, 2020 | FiveThirtyEightUnderstanding scarcity, urgency, and exclusivity can be one of the best ways to influence your potential customers to make a purchase.
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Perhaps, once in awhile, scarcity will breed rational thinking, too.
Explosion of Cute: Inside the Superfan Mania of Hello Kitty Con 2014 | Sarah Bay Williams | November 2, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThat kind of fact-finding—often amid a scarcity of facts—would be for a jury to determine.
One of the most painful and confusing paradoxes of life today concerns our sensation of scarcity amid plenty.
Meerson traces this scarcity of one-man performers back to a culture of collectivism that predates even the Communist revolution.
Inside of prison, even our privileged American prison, scarcity is just as much of an issue as it was in the Gulag.
And he was inclined to believe that it was Grandfather Mole that was to blame for the scarcity of worms in the neighborhood.
The Tale of Grandfather Mole | Arthur Scott BaileyFor many years there had been great scarcity in both countries, a natural consequence of predatory warfare.
King Robert the Bruce | A. F. MurisonThis defeat was followed by suffering and privations, from the scarcity of provisions and water.
The Every Day Book of History and Chronology | Joel MunsellPrivate employers complain of scarcity and the unreliability of the unskilled labourer.
The Philippine Islands | John ForemanThere was a scarcity of food and clothing for the Confederates; the cold climate was most uncomfortable and demoralizing for them.
Hallowed Heritage: The Life of Virginia | Dorothy M. Torpey
British Dictionary definitions for scarcity
/ (ˈskɛəsɪtɪ) /
inadequate supply; dearth; paucity
rarity or infrequent occurrence
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Cultural definitions for scarcity
The basic problem on which classical economic theory is built: simply, that human wants will always exceed the resources available to fulfill those wants. This tenet was challenged by the rise of what John Kenneth Galbraith described as the affluent society.
The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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