rareness

noun

Definition of rarenessnext
1
as in infrequency

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2
as in rarity

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for rareness
  1. infrequency
  2. rarity
  3. scarcity
  4. paucity
  5. shortage
  6. poverty
Noun
  • Our news team created a timeline showing the growing intensity of pressure on Abbott and the infrequency of pardons by his office.
    Manny Garcia, Austin American-Statesman, 7 Jan. 2024
  • And the infrequency with which the Sox used that lever under Bloom represents a surprise.
    Alex Speier, BostonGlobe.com, 15 Sep. 2023
Definition of infrequency
Noun
  • An integrated group — that must have been a rarity.
    Mike Sacks, Vulture, 4 Dec. 2024
  • Finding top-quality All-Clad cookware on sale is a rarity, so take advantage of this chance to upgrade everything in one fell swoop.
    Will Porter, Architectural Digest, 2 Dec. 2024
Definition of rarity
Noun
  • The provable scarcity of Bitcoin ensures that new buyers will enter the market.
    Korok Ray, Forbes, 6 Dec. 2024
  • But attractive women fetched the highest prices, due to their scarcity in mid- to late 19th-century settler communities.
    Shoshi Parks, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 Dec. 2024
Definition of scarcity
Noun
  • The paucity of e-SAF projects in Europe has seen the airline group and its competitors venture well beyond the continent to remain on track with their low carbon emissions targets.
    Gaurav Sharma, Forbes, 26 Nov. 2024
  • Leaving the lineup alone Pitching took precedence over lengthening Houston’s lineup, Brown said, an understandable stance given the state of his starting rotation, workload concerns with the Astros’ leverage relievers and the aforementioned paucity of prospect capital.
    Chandler Rome, The Athletic, 30 July 2024
Definition of paucity
Noun
  • With a serious labor shortage and the growing IT skills gap impacting industries and regions across the globe, companies must get creative about finding new talent.
    Allie Danziger, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2024
  • This is also a major factor in the inventory shortage problem the market is facing.
    Paul Du Quenoy, Newsweek, 9 Dec. 2024
Definition of shortage
Noun
  • The county’s two food banks partnered with a nonprofit focused on optimizing systems to reduce food waste, forming the OC Hunger Alliance, a P3 with a mission of optimizing the emergency food system to address the root causes of poverty.
    Taryn Palumbo, Forbes, 3 Dec. 2024
  • While inflation has declined to less than three per cent, the poverty rate has grown roughly eleven points, to fifty-three per cent.
    Jon Lee Anderson, The New Yorker, 2 Dec. 2024
Definition of poverty
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