Vocabulary
Scarcity
English and Urdu gloss, synonyms and antonyms, and example usage from our editorial sentence cache where available.
English meaning
the state of being scarce or in short supply; shortage.
Urdu meaning
قلت، کمی، قلیل
Example sentences (from Dawn)
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Under the rhetoric of a water scarcity crisis, China and the US have sandwiched Pakistan in a self-perpetuating debt cycle.
Dawn Editorials —
Dams & colonialism
— 2026-04-19
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The crisis is not simply one of scarcity, but of imagination too.
Dawn Editorials —
Dams & colonialism
— 2026-04-19
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Water scarcity and uncertainty will be increasingly leveraged for control.Nowhere is this dynamic as stark as in the Hindu Kush-Himalaya, Asia`s great `water tower`.
Dawn Editorials —
Fluid frontiers
— 2026-03-11
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Yet theyagriculture rooted in Balochistan`s agroecology, water scarcity and food security needs.
Dawn Editorials —
Organic for whom?
— 2026-03-06
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Sustain-ability without gender justice is incomplete.Food security first: In a province defined by water scarcity and climate variability, land use must prioritise food.
Dawn Editorials —
Organic for whom?
— 2026-03-06
Synonyms
shortage, dearth, lack, want, undersupply, insufficiency, paucity, scarceness
Antonyms
abundance, excess, surplus, commonness
Curator example
“a time of scarcity”
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