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Meanings of scarceness in English

Portuguese
escassez
Catalan
escassetat
Spanish
escasez

A small and inadequate amount.

      escassez
      Synonyms
      Examples for "scarcity"
      Examples for "scarcity"
      1
      Climate change is increasing the levels of water scarcity in under-developed regions.
      The South African
      2
      Thus the property benefits from its scarcity value, given its prime location.
      Reuters
      3
      Perhaps ultimately even more important is the global scarcity of fresh water.
      The Guardian
      4
      Water scarcity has been one component driving Syria's civil war, he said.
      Reuters
      5
      Baghdad municipality last month said the scarcity would end within two years.
      Reuters
      Usage of scarceness in English
      1
      All the more might it be so in view of its scarceness, from the first.
      The Square of Sevens: An Authoritative Method of Cartomancy with...
      2
      It has been hinted that there was a reason for the scarceness of the plums in the plum-cake.
      A Great Emergency and Other Tales
      3
      Books are to me instead of friends, I wish they did not resemble the latter in their scarceness.
      The Best Letters of Charles Lamb
      4
      Such are oxen, goats, and horses, which are much valued for their scarceness, but used without saddle, bridle, or trappings.
      Prince Henry the Navigator, the Hero of Portugal and of Modern D...
      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.
      The Earth as Modified by Human Action
      Frequent collocations
      Translations for scarceness
      Portuguese
      escassez
      Catalan
      escassetat
      Spanish
      escasez
      Scarceness through the time