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paucity

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pau·ci·ty  (pôs-t)
n.
1. Smallness of number; fewness.
2. Scarcity; dearth: a paucity of natural resources.

[Middle English paucite, from Old French, from Latin paucits, from paucus, few; see pau-1 in Indo-European roots.]

paucity [ˈpɔːsɪtɪ]
n
1. smallness of quantity; insufficiency; dearth
2. smallness of number; fewness
[from Latin paucitās scarcity, from paucus few]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.paucity - an insufficient quantity or number
scarceness, scarcity - a small and inadequate amount

paucity
Translations
paucity [ˈpɔːsɪtɪ] Nescasez f, insuficiencia f
paucity [ˈpɔːsɪti] npénurie f, carence f
paucity
n (liter)Mangel m (→ of an +dat)
paucity [ˈpɔːsɪtɪ] n (frm) → scarsità
paucity [ˈpɔːsɪtɪ] n (frm) → scarsità


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He gave me to understand that in that direction was some horrible danger, but just what the horrible danger was his paucity of language would not permit him to say.
Philander, that you should have evinced such a paucity of manly courage in the presence of one of the lower orders, and by your crass timidity have caused me to exert myself to such an unaccustomed degree in order that I might resume my discourse.
I was not boy, nor youth, despite my paucity of years.
 
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