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
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
Such changes may be brought about either by the plenty, or scarceness, of the herbage; or by the nature of the country on which that herbage is produced.
From A Treatise on Sheep: The Best Means for their Improvement, General Management, and the Treatment of their Diseases. by Ambrose Blacklock
When the war broke out in 1793, the usual scarceness of seamen was met.
From The Influence of Sea Power Upon History, 1660-1783 by A. T. (Alfred Thayer) Mahan
The river was the only resource, and from the scarceness of hooks the supply of fish obtainable was rather scanty.
From The Romantic Settlement of Lord Selkirk's Colonists The Pioneers of Manitoba by George Bryce
