W: (adj) scarce [Indirect via abundant] (deficient in quantity or number compared with the demand) "fresh vegetables were scarce during the drought"
S: (adj) disruptive, riotous, troubled, tumultuous, turbulent (characterized by unrest or disorder or insubordination) "effects of the struggle will be violent and disruptive"; "riotous times"; "these troubled areas"; "the tumultuous years of his administration"; "a turbulent and unruly childhood"