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Meanings of scarceness in English

Portuguese
escassez
Catalan
escassetat
Spanish
escasez

A small and inadequate amount.

escassez
Usage of scarceness in English
1
All the more might it be so in view of its scarceness, from the first.
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2
It has been hinted that there was a reason for the scarceness of the plums in the plum-cake.
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3
Books are to me instead of friends, I wish they did not resemble the latter in their scarceness.
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4
Such are oxen, goats, and horses, which are much valued for their scarceness, but used without saddle, bridle, or trappings.
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5
This fact, I think, is due to the abundance and cheapness of fuel in earlier, and its growing scarceness and dearness in later, ages.
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Translations for scarceness
Portuguese
escassez
Catalan
escassetat
Spanish
escasez
Scarceness through the time