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Scarcity

scarcity
 /ˈskeəsəti/
  
situation in which something is not easy to find or get:
a scarcity of sth There is a scarcity of skilled workers in the building sector.

(Definition of scarcity from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)