Definitions
a small and inadequate amount
Word origin
Inherited from Middle English scarsite, from Old Northern French escarsete; by surface analysis, scarce + -ity.
Used in a sentence
“Praise […] owes its value only to its scarcity.”
“To understand the events of the next fifty years, then, one must understand environmental scarcity, cultural and racial clash, geographic destiny, and the transformation of war.”
“a scarcity of grain”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Short supply”8 letters
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