Definitions for scarcities

scarcities scar·ci·ty

Spelling: [skair-si-tee]
IPA: /ˈskɛər sɪ ti/

Scarcities is a 10 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 15 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 16 points.

You can make 513 anagrams from letters in scarcities (acceiirsst).

Definitions for scarcities

noun

  1. insufficiency or shortness of supply; dearth.
  2. rarity; infrequency.

Origin of scarcities

1300-50; Middle English scarsete(e) Old North French escarsete. See scarce, -ity

Examples for scarcities

There was both a scarcity of cash and a lack of faith in the enterprise.

Meerson traces this scarcity of one-man performers back to a culture of collectivism that predates even the Communist revolution.

Perhaps, once in awhile, scarcity will breed rational thinking, too.

The stairs also were pulled down and burned, though there was no scarcity of firing.

The second reason is, That in this colony a scarcity is never to be apprehended.

Inside of prison, even our privileged American prison, scarcity is just as much of an issue as it was in the Gulag.

No scarcity of fun in Ireland—which beats the world for sparkling incident.

There was no scarcity of muskets and ammunition; all they had to do was stoop and pick them up.

One of the most painful and confusing paradoxes of life today concerns our sensation of scarcity amid plenty.

That kind of fact-finding—often amid a scarcity of facts—would be for a jury to determine.

Word Value for scarcities
Scrable

15

Words with friends

16

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