n.

1. Smallness of number; fewness.
2. Scarcity; dearth: a paucity of natural resources.

[Middle English paucite, from Old French, from Latin paucitās, from paucus, few.]

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.

n

Definition: lack, scarcity
Antonyms: abundance, affluence, plenty

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IN BRIEF: A small amount or number; scarcity.

There was a paucity of drinking water during the drought.

Dansk (Danish)
n. - fåtallighed, knaphed

Nederlands (Dutch)
gebrek, geringheid

Français (French)
n. - pénurie, manque

Deutsch (German)
n. - Mangel

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - έλλειψη, ανεπάρκεια, ένδεια

Italiano (Italian)
carenza, pochezza, insufficienza

Português (Portuguese)
n. - escassez (f)

Русский (Russian)
нехватка

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

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 소량, 결핍

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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