缺乏
稀少

[ noun ]
a small and inadequate amount
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Scarceness \Scarce"ness\, Scarcity \Scar"ci*ty\, n.
The quality or condition of being scarce; smallness of
quantity in proportion to the wants or demands; deficiency;
lack of plenty; short supply; penury; as, a scarcity of
grain; a great scarcity of beauties. --Chaucer.

A scarcity of snow would raise a mutiny at Naples.
--Addison.

Praise . . . owes its value to its scarcity. --Rambler.

The value of an advantage is enhanced by its
scarceness. --Collier.

Syn: Deficiency; lack; want; penury; dearth; rareness;
rarity; infrequency.