paucity

Noun

Meaning

Fewness; smallness of number; scarcity.

Smallnes of quantity; exiguity; insufficiency; as, paucity of blood.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

dearth scarcity scantiness need lack rare failure want absence poverty minority deficit handful drought famine
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Antonyms

moreover blizzard oscar enough find frequency
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Hypernyms

scarcity scarceness

Related terms

pauciloquy paucispiral paucibacillary paucisymptomatic paucivalent paucispecific

Phrases with the word

academic paucity

Examples

Chernow wrote: "A Washington biographer is struck by the paucity of letters exchanged between the two men; Adams was clearly excluded from the inner circle of advisers. Source: Internet

Although as Gower points out, as well understood as the rule is, there is a paucity of authority on the point. Source: Internet

Still, a paucity of credit options hinders the overall economy. Source: Internet

In the face of what is being seen as intransigence and a paucity of action by the city's chief executive in protecting Hong Kongers from the new deadly disease, a virus vigilante group has taken matters into their own hands. Source: Internet

Dunstaple's influence on the continent's musical vocabulary was enormous, particularly considering the relative paucity of his (attributable) works. Source: Internet

He also formed a group at Cambridge exploring Stellar nucleosynthesis in ordinary stars and was bothered by the paucity of stellar carbon production in existing models. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

paucisymptomatic paucituberculatan paucituberculate paucivalency paucivalent Paugh