Crossword clues for scarceness
scarceness
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Scarceness \Scarce"ness\, Scarcity \Scar"ci*ty\, n.
The quality or condition of being scarce; smallness of
quantity in proportion to the wants or demands; deficiency;
lack of plenty; short supply; penury; as, a scarcity of
grain; a great scarcity of beauties.
--Chaucer.
A scarcity of snow would raise a mutiny at Naples.
--Addison.
Praise . . . owes its value to its scarcity.
--Rambler.
The value of an advantage is enhanced by its
scarceness.
--Collier.
Syn: Deficiency; lack; want; penury; dearth; rareness; rarity; infrequency.
Wiktionary
n. The property of being scarce.
WordNet
Usage examples of "scarceness".
They sat on reed mats around a rock slab table that reflected the scarceness of hardwood in their barren hilly empire, and ate the flesh of fowl.