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10 Language-to-English Dictionariesescasez
Pronunciation / Transliteration: escasez
"Hay una escasez de agua en la región."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
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A scarcity or lack of something.
"There was a dearth of reliable information on the new virus."
Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Middle English: from dear + -th (expressing a state or condition), originally meaning 'costliness', hence 'scarcity raising the cost'.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "dearth" is said worldwide
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pénurie
Transliteration: pénurie
"Il y a une pénurie de main-d'œuvre qualifiée."
Mangel
Transliteration: Mangel
"Es herrscht ein Mangel an qualifizierten Arbeitskräften."
penuria
Transliteration: penuria
"C'è una penuria di informazioni affidabili."
escasez
Transliteration: escasez
"Hay una escasez de agua en la región."
escassez
Transliteration: escassez
"Há uma escassez de recursos financeiros."
कमी
Transliteration: kamī
"वहाँ पानी की भारी कमी है।"
缺乏
Transliteration: quēfá
"市场上缺乏新鲜蔬菜。"
부족
Transliteration: bujok
"식량 부족이 심각합니다."
不足
Transliteration: fusoku
"情報が著しく不足している。"
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