Paucity
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noun.
Smallness of number; fewness.
noun.
Scarcity; dearth.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
noun.
Smallness of number; fewness.
noun.
Smallness of quantity; scantiness.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
noun.
Fewness; smallness of number; scarcity; rarity.
noun.
Smallness of quantity; exiguity; insufficiency.
Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
noun.
Fewness
in
number
; too
few
.
noun.
A
smallness
in size or amount that is
insufficient
;
meagerness
,
dearth
.
WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
noun.
an insufficient quantity or number
Word Usage
"Flash works when time is in paucity, and when readers need a tiny piece of wonderful writing to make them smile."
Hypernym
Words that are more generic or abstract
scarceness
scarcity
Same Context
Words that are found in similar contexts
badness
barrenness
cheapness
commonness
dearth
Synonym
Words with the same meaning
chinchiness
chintziness
dearth
dearth
exiguity