A small and inadequate amount WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet

In economics, scarcity "refers to the basic fact of life that there exists only a finite amount of human and nonhuman resources which the best technical knowledge is capable of using to produce only limited maximum amounts of each economic good." Wikipedia

Fundamental problem of economics where there are limited resources to fulfill society's unlimited wants Wikidata

An inadequate amount of something; a shortage. Wiktionary