Words That Mean Scarce and Insufficient
Shortage, and the words for living with it.
11 words
- Dearthnoun
an insufficient quantity or number
- Destituteadjective
poor enough to need help from others
- Frugaladjective
avoiding waste
- Impecuniousadjective
not having enough money to pay for necessities
- Indigentadjective
poor enough to need help from others
- Meageradjective
deficient in amount or quality or extent
- Paltryadjective
contemptibly small in amount
- Paucitynoun
an insufficient quantity or number
- Penuriousadjective
not having enough money to pay for necessities
- Penurynoun
a state of extreme poverty or destitution
- Stintnoun
an unbroken period of time during which you do something
Study these against
A word’s meaning sharpens against its opposite. These sets are the ones worth holding beside scarce and insufficient.