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English-Thai Dictionary

scarcity

N ความขาดแคลน  ความ ไม่ เพียงพอ  deficiency inadequacy rarity insufficiency kwam-kad-kan

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

scarcity

scar ci ty |ˈskersitē ˈskersəti | noun ( pl. scarcities ) the state of being scarce or in short supply; shortage: a time of scarcity | the growing scarcity of resources.

 

Oxford Dictionary

scarcity

scar ¦city |ˈskɛːsɪti | noun ( pl. scarcities ) [ mass noun ] the state of being scarce or in short supply; shortage: a time of scarcity | the growing scarcity of resources.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

scarcity

scarcity noun the scarcity of affordable housing: shortage, dearth, lack, want, undersupply, insufficiency, paucity, scarceness, scantness, scantiness, meagerness, sparseness, poverty; deficiency, inadequacy; unavailability, absence; rare exiguity, exiguousness. ANTONYMS abundance, excess, surplus.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

scarcity

scarcity noun 1 the scarcity of affordable housing: shortage, dearth, lack, want, undersupply, insufficiency, paucity, scarceness, scantness, meagreness, sparseness, scantiness, poverty; deficiency, inadequacy, limitedness; unavailability, absence; rare exiguity, exiguousness. ANTONYMS abundance, excess, surplus. 2 the bird's current scarcity is the result of a lack of appropriate food: rarity, rareness, infrequency, sparseness, uncommonness, unusualness. ANTONYMS commonness.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

scarcity

scar ci ty /skéə r səti /scarce 名詞 -ties /-iz /U ⦅ややかたく ⦆(生活必需品 労働力などの )不足 , 欠乏 (状況 )(shortage ) (!具体例では C; その際しばしば修飾語を伴う ) the scarcity of labor [workers ]労働力 [労働者 ]不足 .