scarceness
61shortcoming — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. failing, foible, weakness, fault; deficiency, defect, default; delinquency, failure, inadequacy, insufficiency, shortage, lack. See imperfection. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. fault, deficiency, lapse; see… …
62shortfall — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. deficiency, deficit (see insufficiency).Ant., excess. II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n. deficit, deficiency. see shortage III (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun The condition or fact of being deficient:… …
63underage — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. immature, premature; minor, in one s minority. See youth. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. young, youthful, minor; see juvenile 1 . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) a. minor, juvenile, immature. ANT.:… …
64deficiency — I (Roget s IV) n. 1. [The state of being lacking] Syn. scarcity, insufficiency, paucity; see lack 1 . 2. [A lack] Syn. want, need, loss; see lack 2 . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n. imperfection, lack, shortcoming, insufficiency, inadequacy,… …
65inadequacy — I (Roget s IV) n. 1. [Inferiority] Syn. ineptitude, incompetence, insufficiency; see inability , lack 1 . 2. [A defect] Syn. flaw, drawback, shortcoming, deficiency; see defect 2 , lack 2 . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun 1. The condition or state …
66scarcity — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. deficiency, inadequacy, rarity, insufficiency; see lack 2 , poverty 2 . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun The condition or fact of being deficient: defect, deficiency, deficit, inadequacy, insufficiency, lack, paucity, poverty …
67scantiness — I (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n. rareness, insufficiency, shortage, short supply, meagerness, inadequacy, dearth, paucity, need, poverty, sparsity. II (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun The condition or fact of being deficient: defect, deficiency,… …
68scantness — (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun The condition or fact of being deficient: defect, deficiency, deficit, inadequacy, insufficiency, lack, paucity, poverty, scantiness, scarceness, scarcity, shortage, shortcoming, shortfall, underage1. See EXCESS …
69hen — O.E. henn, from W.Gmc. *khannjo (Cf. O.Fris. henn, M.Du. henne, O.H.G. henna), fem. of *han(e)ni male fowl, cock (Cf. O.E. hana cock ), lit. bird who sings (for sunrise), from PIE root *kan to sing (see CHANT (Cf …
70oligopolies — É‘lɪ gÉ‘pÉ™lɪ / É’lɪgÉ’ n. scarceness of merchants, partial monopoly over market prices …
