scarceness

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This word consists of 10 letters and is spelled as "S-C-A-R-C-E-N-E-S-S". It has 3 vowels and 7 consonants.

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scarceness

adjective

How to pronunciation scarceness: ˈskers

What does Scarceness Mean?

What does scarceness meaning in English

1. Smalness of quantity; not plenty; penury. Scarcity and want shall shun you; Ceres ’ blessing so is on you. Shakespeare. Raphael writes thus concerning his Galatea : to paint a fair one, ’tis necessary for me to see many fair ones; but, because there is so great a scarcity of lovely women, I am constrained to make use of one certain idea, which I have formed in my fancy. Dryden’s Dufresnoy. Corn does not rise or fall by the differences of more or less plenty of money, but by the plenty and scarcity that God sends. Locke. In this grave age, when comedies are few, We crave your patronage for one that’s new, And let the scarceness recommend the fare. Addison. They drink very few liquors that have not lain in fresco, insomuch that a scarcity of snow would raise a mutiny at Naples . Addison.
   
2. Rareness; infrequency; not commonness. They that find fault with our store, should be least willing to reprove our scarcity of thanksgivings. Hooker. Since the value of an advantage is enhanced by its scarceness, it is hard not to give a man leave to love that most which is most serviceable. Collier on Pride.

Other definitions for scarceness

The definition of 'scarceness' is: deficient in quantity or number compared with the demand : not plentiful or abundant

How to spell scarceness

Want to know how to spell scarceness, you will find a comprehensive answer on this topic. The word "scarceness consists of 1 syllables and is spelled "ˈskers".

Synonyms for scarceness:

There are synonyms for scarceness'. Depending on the situation and context, the following words are also often used instead of scarceness:

crunch, dearth, deficiency, deficit, drought, failure, famine, inadequacy, inadequateness, insufficiency, lack, lacuna, paucity, pinch, poverty

Some words similar to "scarceness"

• earwitness
• direness
• parlousness
• frowardness
• scarlet
• primeness
• miscellaneousness
• fierceness
• imperviousness
• pitchiness

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How many points in scrabble for scarceness

How many points is the word "scarceness" in Scrabble? Is "scarceness" a Scrabble word? Here is the letter-by-letter scoring of the Scrabble game, which is played all over the world in different languages and with different words.

The total scrabble score for the word scarceness is 14

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