escasez — meaning in English
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English meaning
- dearth noun A serious shortage or scarcity of something.
- lack noun The absence or shortage of something needed or wanted.
- paucity noun A shortage of something, or a supply that is far smaller than is needed.
- 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
escasez is used for these senses in English:
- dearth (transitive, dated, obsolete) To cause or produce a scarcity in something.
- exiguity The quality of being meagre or scanty.
- lack A deficiency or need (of something desirable or necessary); an absence, want, dearth.
- paucity Fewness in number; too few.
- scarcity (uncountable) The condition of something being scarce or deficient.
- shortage A lack or deficiency; an insufficient amount.
- sparsity The property of being sparse; sparseness.
lack — full definition
- noun The absence or shortage of something needed or wanted.
- verb To not have, or not have enough of, something.