最終更新日：2025/11/20

(uncountable) The condition of something being scarce or deficient. / (countable) An inadequate amount of something; a shortage.

音声機能が動作しない場合はこちらをご確認ください

正解を見る

scarcity

元となった辞書の項目

scarcity

IPA（発音記号）

不可算名詞可算名詞

(uncountable) The condition of something being scarce or deficient. / (countable) An inadequate amount of something; a shortage.

日本語の意味

不足 / 欠乏 / 乏しさ

The scarcity of affordable housing in the city forced many families to move farther away.

都市部で手頃な住宅が不足しているため、多くの家族がより遠くへ移らざるを得なかった。

意味（1）

(uncountable) The condition of something being scarce or deficient.

Praise […] owes its value only to its scarcity.

意味（2）

(countable) An inadequate amount of something; a shortage.

a scarcity of grain

scarcities

（ plural ）