English-Spanish translations for scarcity

• carestía
• escasez
  La escasez de agua existe incluso en Europa. Water scarcity exists even in Europe.
  El desafío para la UE consiste en abordar la escasez, la escasez de recursos naturales, pero también de mano de obra. The challenge for the EU is dealing with scarcity, the scarcity of natural resources, but also of labour.
  Es decir, el racionamiento, la fabricación deliberada de la escasez. That is, rationing, the deliberate fabrication of scarcity.

Definition of scarcity

• the condition of something being scarce or deficient
• an inadequate amount of something; a shortage

Examples

• a scarcity of grain

Related words

• scarce
• scarcely
• Scarcliffe
• Scarcroft
• water-scarce
• Scarce Swift
• scarce copper
• scarce emerald damselfly
• scarce commodity