pénurie — meaning in English

English meaning

• dearth noun A serious shortage or scarcity of something.
• penury noun Extreme need or want; destitution, poverty; (countable) an instance of this.
• scarcity noun A shortage; the state of not having enough of something.
• shortage noun A situation where there is not enough of something needed.

Senses

pénurie is used for these senses in English:

• dearth (transitive, dated, obsolete) To cause or produce a scarcity in something.
• penury (countable, now, chiefly, poetic) Often followed by of: a lack of something; a dearth, a scarcity.
• scarcity (countable) An inadequate amount of something; a shortage.
• shortage A lack or deficiency; an insufficient amount.

penury — full definition

1. noun Extreme need or want; destitution, poverty; (countable) an instance of this.
2. noun Often followed by of: a lack of something; a dearth, a scarcity.
3. noun The quality of being miserly; miserliness, parsimoniousness, stinginess.

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