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scarcity
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shortage
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scarcity vs. shortage
scarcity
[
skair
-si-tee ]
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noun,
insufficiency or shortness of supply; dearth.
rarity; infrequency.
shortage
[
shawr
-tij ]
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noun
a deficiency in quantity:
a shortage of cash.
the amount of such deficiency.
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