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# scarcity

«scarcity» in Mova's school dictionary: **when there is not enough of something that people need or…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (scarcity, scarcities)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Scarcity is when there is not enough of something that people need or want. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scarcity/#m1)

2) (economics) Scarcity is the basic idea that resources are limited, so people must choose. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scarcity/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In social studies and science: scarcity of water in deserts, food scarcity in a drought. In maths and money lessons, scarcity can make prices go up. Phrases: «water scarcity», «scarcity of food».

### examples

- Water scarcity is a big problem in dry countries. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scarcity/#x1)
- The scarcity of rain killed the crops. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scarcity/#x2)
- Because of the scarcity of eggs, the price went up. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scarcity/#x3)
- Scarcity means people must choose what to buy. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scarcity/#x4)
- During the war there was a scarcity of sugar. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scarcity/#x5)

### note

Noun of «scarce» (rare, not enough). Usually uncountable. Spelling: scar-ci-ty (not «scarceity»).

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «scarcity» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scarcity/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.