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Italian
Etymology
From scarso (“scarse”) + -eggiare.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /skar.sedˈd͡ʒa.re/
- Rhymes: -are
- Hyphenation: scar‧seg‧già‧re
Verb
scarseggiàre (first-person singular present scarséggio, first-person singular past historic scarseggiài, past participle scarseggiàto, auxiliary avére)
- (intransitive) to be lacking or scarce
- Synonyms: difettare, mancare
2020 September 8, Federico Rampini, “Lusso, staff, bodyguard: Trump dilapida i fondi mentre Biden fa il pieno [Luxury, staff, bodyguard: Trump dilapidates his funds while Biden has enough]”, in la Repubblica:Negli ultimi 55 giorni della campagna elettorale, a scarseggiare di risorse è proprio Donald Trump.- In the last 55 days of the electoral campaign, it is exactly Donald Trump to be short on resources.
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Further reading
- scarseggiare in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
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