scarceness

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While there’s a scarceness of concrete data to support this, the salon owners and barbers in various countries who I spoke to reported a moderate uptick in interest in body hair care.

From The Wall Street Journal • Aug. 13, 2018

This creed has been amplified into a song, which we shall quote presently, more for its being a good conceite than for its scarceness.

From The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 17, No. 482, March 26, 1831 by Various

Its value advances yearly, with the increasing scarceness of the animal; it will soon entirely disappear, and exist only in description to decorate our zoological works.

From A New Voyage Round the World, in the years 1823, 24, 25, and 26, Vol. 2 by Kotzebue, Otto von

Such are oxen, goats, and horses, which are much valued for their scarceness, but used without saddle, bridle, or trappings.

From Prince Henry the Navigator, the Hero of Portugal and of Modern Discovery, 1394-1460 A.D. With an Account of Geographical Progress Throughout the Middle Ages As the Preparation for His Work. by Beazley, C. Raymond

It has been hinted that there was a reason for the scarceness of the plums in the plum-cake.

From A Great Emergency and Other Tales by Ewing, Juliana Horatia Gatty