All 3 Uses of
scarcity
in
All Quiet on the Western Front
- And good boots are scarce.†
Chpt 2 *
- With us food is pretty scarce and none too good at that—turnips cut into six pieces and boiled in water, and unwashed carrot tops—mouldy potatoes are tit-bits, and the chief luxury is a thin rice soup in which float little bits of beef-sinew, but these are cut up so small that they take a lot of finding.†
Chpt 8
- Rag bandages have become scarce at the front.†
Chpt 10
Definition:
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(scarcity) shortage (having an amount that is less than desired)