Synonyms of scarceness

1 Syllable
pinch, lack, dearth, want
2 Syllables
fewness, leanness, lapse, scantness, tightness, defect, shortfall, weakness
3 Syllables
sparseness, slenderness, deficit, sparsity, failure, paucity, shortcoming, curtailment, scantiness, scarcity, poverty
4 Syllables
underage, deficiency, defalcation
5 Syllables
inadequacy, insufficiency