scarceness 

英汉解释

n. 稀少；缺乏

同义词

n. scarcity

反义词

n.   abundance，copiousness，teemingness

参考例句

1. The Heihe River, one of the long inland rivers in China, was confronted with water resources' scarceness owing to unreasonable development and utilization.
水资源短缺和合理利用是黑河流域面临的一个严峻问题，解决问题的关键就是要深入了解水循环过程。

英英解释

n.
  1. a small and inadequate amount

网络释义

scarceness
珍异; 稀少; 缺乏;