scarcities
Not enough around
Scarcities is the plural of scarcity—instances or conditions of insufficient supply.
Economists discuss scarcities of labor, water, or housing.
The word often appears in contexts where multiple resources are simultaneously lacking: The war created scarcities of food, fuel, and medicine.
Unlike the abstract noun scarcity, scarcities emphasizes distinct, countable shortages.
Severe food shortage
- starvationExtreme nutritional deprivation
- malnutritionDisease from dietary inadequacy
- hungerNeed for nourishment
- povertySevere lack of resources
penury · indigence · austerity · privation · want · neediness · destitution · drought
Deficient supply of necessities
- deficitAmount still owed
- shortfallFailure to reach quota
- undersupplyInadequate provision of goods
- inadequacyState of being insufficient
paucity · dearth · lack · depletion · unavailability · want · need · deficiency
State of being unusual
- infrequencyState of occurring seldom
- rarenessUncommon occurrence state
- sparsenessLack of density
- preciousnessQuality of being treasured
uniqueness · exclusivity · collectibility · premium · valuable · sought-after · elusive
famine
Severe food shortage
- starvationExtreme nutritional deprivation
- malnutritionDisease from dietary inadequacy
- hungerNeed for nourishment
poverty · penury · indigence · austerity · privation · want · neediness · destitution · drought · crisis
shortage
Deficient supply of necessities
- deficitAmount still owed
- shortfallFailure to reach quota
- undersupplyInadequate provision of goods
inadequacy · paucity · dearth · lack · depletion · unavailability · want · need · deficiency · privation
uncommonness
State of being unusual
- infrequencyState of occurring seldom
- rarenessUncommon occurrence state
- sparsenessLack of density
preciousness · uniqueness · exclusivity · collectibility · premium · valuable · sought-after · elusive
scarcitiesabundances
States of plentifulness
plenties · surpluses · gluts · profusions · excesses
scarcitiesgluts
Excessive supply amounts
surpluses · oversupplies · overproductions · saturations · stockpiles