paucity
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pau·ci·ty
(pô'sĭ-tē) 
n.
n.
- Smallness of number; fewness.
- Scarcity; dearth: a paucity of natural resources.
[Middle English paucite, from Old French, from Latin paucitās, from paucus, few.]
Roget's Thesaurus:
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paucity
noun
- The condition or fact of being deficient: defect, deficiency, deficit, inadequacy, insufficiency, lack, poverty, scantiness, scantness, scarceness, scarcity, shortage, shortcoming, shortfall, underage1. See excess/insufficiency/enough.
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paucity
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Definition: lack, scarcity
Antonyms: abundance, affluence, plenty
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paucity
IN BRIEF: A small amount or number; scarcity.
There was a paucity of drinking water during the drought.
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Paucity
Dansk (Danish)
n. - fåtallighed, knaphed
Nederlands (Dutch)
gebrek, geringheid
Français (French)
n. - pénurie, manque
Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - έλλειψη, ανεπάρκεια, ένδεια
Italiano (Italian)
carenza, pochezza, insufficienza
Português (Portuguese)
n. - escassez (f)
Español (Spanish)
n. - escasez, falta
Svenska (Swedish)
n. - knapphet, fåtalighet, brist
中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
少数, 缺乏, 少量
中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 少數, 缺乏, 少量
日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 少数, 少量, 不足
العربيه (Arabic)
(الاسم) قله, ندرة, ضآله الدخل مثلا
עברית (Hebrew)
n. - קוטן של מספר או כמות, מיעוט, צמצום, מחסור
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