scarcity
nounHow many syllables in scarcity?
There are 3 syllables in the word scarcity.How to pronounce scarcity:
Definition of scarcity:
- scarcity (noun):
- an inadequate supply
- a small and inadequate amount.
- the quality or state of being scarce
- want of provisions for the support of life
Synonyms for scarcity:
absence
dearth
deficiency
deficit
drought
drouth
famine
inadequacy
infrequency
insufficiency
lack
paucity
poverty
rareness
scarceness
shortage
undersupply
Here are some other common 3-syllable words.
- scandalous
- scandalised
- scallion
- sawyer
- savouring
- sausages
- sauerkraut
- satya
- satiation
- sapphira
- sapota
- santino
- santana
- saniya
- sangria
- samiyah
- samia
- salvador
- sahibah
- sadventure
- sadistic
- sadhana
- sadducees
- sabotaged
- rustiest
- ruminants
- ruefulness
- rubicon
- royally
- roughages
- rotator
- rotating
- rosary
- roquette
- ropeable
- roistering
- rodriguez
- rockiest
- roberta
- riveted
- riverly
- rivalling
- risotto
- riskier
- rioting
- rioja
- ringmaster
- ridicule
- ricardo
- riami
- … more
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