paucity [ paw-si-tee ]
noun
1. smallness of quantity; scarcity; scantiness: a country with a paucity of resources.
2. smallness or insufficiency of number; fewness.
WORDS RELATED TO PAUCITY
dearth, insufficiency, smallness, absence, deficiency, famine, fewness, meagerness, paltriness, poverty, rarity, scantiness, scarceness, shortage, slenderness, slightness, sparseness, sparsity
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ORIGIN: 1375–1425; late Middle English paucite < Latin paucitās fewness, derivative of paucus few; see -ity
HOW TO USE PAUCITY IN A SENTENCE
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