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{
"ref": "July 6, 1751, Samuel Johnson, The Rambler No. 136",
"text": "Praise […] owes its value only to its scarcity."
},
{
"ref": "1994 February, Robert D. Kaplan, “The Coming Anarchy”, in The Atlantic:",
"text": "To understand the events of the next fifty years, then, one must understand environmental scarcity, cultural and racial clash, geographic destiny, and the transformation of war.",
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"The condition of something being scarce or deficient."
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"scarce",
"scarce"
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"deficient"
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"(uncountable) The condition of something being scarce or deficient."
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"code": "ast",
"lang": "Asturian",
"sense": "the condition of something being scarce or deficient",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "escasez"
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"roman": "lipsa",
"sense": "the condition of something being scarce or deficient",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "липса"
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"roman": "oskǎdica",
"sense": "the condition of something being scarce or deficient",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "оскъдица"
},
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"_dis1": "94 6",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "the condition of something being scarce or deficient",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "escassetat"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 6",
"code": "ca",
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"sense": "the condition of something being scarce or deficient",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "escassedat"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 6",
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"sense": "the condition of something being scarce or deficient",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "escassesa"
},
{
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"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "the condition of something being scarce or deficient",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "nedostatek"
},
{
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"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "the condition of something being scarce or deficient",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "schaarste"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 6",
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "the condition of something being scarce or deficient",
"word": "malabundo"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 6",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "the condition of something being scarce or deficient",
"word": "vähyys"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 6",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "the condition of something being scarce or deficient",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "manque"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 6",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "the condition of something being scarce or deficient",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "rareté"
},
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"_dis1": "94 6",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "the condition of something being scarce or deficient",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "escaseza"
},
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"_dis1": "94 6",
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"sense": "the condition of something being scarce or deficient",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Mangel"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 6",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "the condition of something being scarce or deficient",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Knappheit"
},
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"_dis1": "94 6",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "spánis",
"sense": "the condition of something being scarce or deficient",
"word": "σπάνις"
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"roman": "élleipsi",
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"word": "έλλειψη"
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"roman": "stenótita",
"sense": "the condition of something being scarce or deficient",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "στενότητα"
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"roman": "spánis",
"sense": "the condition of something being scarce or deficient",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
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"_dis1": "94 6",
"code": "it",
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"sense": "the condition of something being scarce or deficient",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
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"_dis1": "94 6",
"code": "la",
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"sense": "the condition of something being scarce or deficient",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "paucitās"
},
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"code": "mk",
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"roman": "skúdnost",
"sense": "the condition of something being scarce or deficient",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ску́дност"
},
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"roman": "óskudnost",
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],
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"sense": "the condition of something being scarce or deficient",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "escassez"
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"_dis1": "94 6",
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"roman": "nexvátka",
"sense": "the condition of something being scarce or deficient",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "нехва́тка"
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"roman": "skúdostʹ",
"sense": "the condition of something being scarce or deficient",
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"feminine"
],
"word": "ску́дость"
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"roman": "nedostátok",
"sense": "the condition of something being scarce or deficient",
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"masculine"
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"code": "gd",
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"tags": [
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"word": "escasez"
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"sense": "the condition of something being scarce or deficient",
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"feminine"
],
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"_dis1": "94 6",
"code": "es",
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"sense": "the condition of something being scarce or deficient",
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"_dis1": "94 6",
"code": "es",
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"sense": "the condition of something being scarce or deficient",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"word": "exigüidad"
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"_dis1": "94 6",
"code": "sw",
"lang": "Swahili",
"sense": "the condition of something being scarce or deficient",
"word": "uchache"
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"_dis1": "94 6",
"code": "sw",
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"sense": "the condition of something being scarce or deficient",
"word": "uhaba"
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"_dis1": "94 6",
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "the condition of something being scarce or deficient",
"word": "kauyakan"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 6",
"code": "te",
"lang": "Telugu",
"roman": "korata",
"sense": "the condition of something being scarce or deficient",
"word": "కొరత"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 6",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "nestáča",
"sense": "the condition of something being scarce or deficient",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "неста́ча"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 6",
"code": "cy",
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"sense": "the condition of something being scarce or deficient",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "anamlder"
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{
"text": "a scarcity of grain",
"type": "example"
},
{
"ref": "2013 September 24, Damien Ma, William Adams, “China's Next Great Challenge: Scarcity”, in The Atlantic:",
"text": "The crucial and intersecting challenges of scarcities, both emerging and intensifying, will consume China’s custodians over the next decade.",
"type": "quote"
}
],
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"An inadequate amount of something; a shortage."
],
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"inadequate",
"inadequate"
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[
"amount",
"amount"
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"shortage",
"shortage"
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"(countable) An inadequate amount of something; a shortage."
],
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"_dis1": "9 91",
"sense": "inadequate amount of something",
"word": "dearth"
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],
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"countable"
],
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"_dis1": "4 96",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "nedostig",
"sense": "an inadequate amount of something; a shortage",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "недостиг"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 96",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "quēshǎo",
"sense": "an inadequate amount of something; a shortage",
"word": "缺少"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 96",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "an inadequate amount of something; a shortage",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "nedostatek"
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{
"_dis1": "4 96",
"code": "nl",
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"sense": "an inadequate amount of something; a shortage",
"word": "tekort"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 96",
"code": "fi",
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"sense": "an inadequate amount of something; a shortage",
"word": "pula"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 96",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "an inadequate amount of something; a shortage",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "pénurie"
},
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"_dis1": "4 96",
"code": "gl",
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"sense": "an inadequate amount of something; a shortage",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "escaseza"
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{
"_dis1": "4 96",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "an inadequate amount of something; a shortage",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "scarsità"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 96",
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "an inadequate amount of something; a shortage",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "inopia"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 96",
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "nedostatok",
"sense": "an inadequate amount of something; a shortage",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "недостаток"
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"_dis1": "4 96",
"code": "mk",
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"roman": "nedostig",
"sense": "an inadequate amount of something; a shortage",
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"word": "недостиг"
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{
"_dis1": "4 96",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "an inadequate amount of something; a shortage",
"word": "ngōuruuru"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 96",
"code": "pt",
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"sense": "an inadequate amount of something; a shortage",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "escassez"
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"_dis1": "4 96",
"code": "pt",
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"sense": "an inadequate amount of something; a shortage",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"word": "carestia"
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"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "недоста́ток"
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"_dis1": "4 96",
"code": "ru",
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"roman": "deficít",
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"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "дефици́т"
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"tags": [
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"sense": "an inadequate amount of something; a shortage",
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"word": "carencia"
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"code": "sw",
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"sense": "an inadequate amount of something; a shortage",
"word": "uchache"
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"code": "sw",
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"sense": "an inadequate amount of something; a shortage",
"word": "uhaba"
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"code": "te",
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"roman": "korata",
"sense": "an inadequate amount of something; a shortage",
"word": "కొరత"
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"code": "uk",
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"roman": "nestáča",
"sense": "an inadequate amount of something; a shortage",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "неста́ча"
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"_dis1": "4 96",
"code": "cy",
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"sense": "an inadequate amount of something; a shortage",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "prinder"
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"code": "cy",
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"sense": "an inadequate amount of something; a shortage",
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"word": "diffyg"
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"sense": "the condition of something being scarce or deficient",
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"code": "el",
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"sense": "the condition of something being scarce or deficient",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"word": "στενότητα"
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"sense": "the condition of something being scarce or deficient",
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"code": "it",
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"sense": "the condition of something being scarce or deficient",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "the condition of something being scarce or deficient",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "paucitās"
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"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "skúdnost",
"sense": "the condition of something being scarce or deficient",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"sense": "the condition of something being scarce or deficient",
"tags": [
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"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "the condition of something being scarce or deficient",
"tags": [
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"word": "niedostatek"
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"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "the condition of something being scarce or deficient",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"word": "escassez"
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"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "nexvátka",
"sense": "the condition of something being scarce or deficient",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "нехва́тка"
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"lang": "Russian",
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"sense": "the condition of something being scarce or deficient",
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"feminine"
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"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "nedostátok",
"sense": "the condition of something being scarce or deficient",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"sense": "the condition of something being scarce or deficient",
"tags": [
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"tags": [
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"sense": "the condition of something being scarce or deficient",
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"feminine"
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"feminine"
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"sense": "the condition of something being scarce or deficient",
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"sense": "the condition of something being scarce or deficient",
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"code": "tl",
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"sense": "the condition of something being scarce or deficient",
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"code": "te",
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"roman": "korata",
"sense": "the condition of something being scarce or deficient",
"word": "కొరత"
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"sense": "the condition of something being scarce or deficient",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"word": "неста́ча"
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"sense": "the condition of something being scarce or deficient",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "anamlder"
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"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "nedostig",
"sense": "an inadequate amount of something; a shortage",
"tags": [
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"code": "cmn",
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"roman": "quēshǎo",
"sense": "an inadequate amount of something; a shortage",
"word": "缺少"
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"sense": "an inadequate amount of something; a shortage",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
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{
"code": "nl",
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"sense": "an inadequate amount of something; a shortage",
"word": "tekort"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "an inadequate amount of something; a shortage",
"word": "pula"
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{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "an inadequate amount of something; a shortage",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "pénurie"
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{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "an inadequate amount of something; a shortage",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "escaseza"
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{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "an inadequate amount of something; a shortage",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "scarsità"
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{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "an inadequate amount of something; a shortage",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"word": "inopia"
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"code": "mk",
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"sense": "an inadequate amount of something; a shortage",
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"masculine"
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"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "an inadequate amount of something; a shortage",
"word": "ngōuruuru"
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{
"code": "pt",
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"sense": "an inadequate amount of something; a shortage",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"word": "escassez"
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"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "an inadequate amount of something; a shortage",
"tags": [
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"word": "carestia"
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"sense": "an inadequate amount of something; a shortage",
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"sense": "an inadequate amount of something; a shortage",
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"sense": "an inadequate amount of something; a shortage",
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"sense": "an inadequate amount of something; a shortage",
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