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View usage for: (pɔːsɪti) singular nounIf you say that there is a paucity of something, you mean that there is not enough of it. [formal] Even the film's impressive finale can't hide the first hour's paucity of imagination. [+ of] ...the paucity of good British women sprinters. [+ of] Synonyms: scarcity, lack, poverty, shortage More Synonyms of paucity paucity in British English (ˈpɔːsɪtɪ) noun1. smallness of quantity; insufficiency; dearth 2. smallness of number; fewness Word origin C15: from Latin paucitās scarcity, from paucus few paucity in American English (ˈpɔsəti) noun2. scarcity; dearth; insufficiency Word origin ME paucyte < MFr or L: MFr paucité < L paucitas < paucus, few Examples of 'paucity' in a sentencepaucity Definition scarcity (formal) the paucity of information Synonyms smallness slenderness sparseness slightness sparsity meagreness paltriness scantiness Additional synonymsDefinition an inadequate amount a dearth of resources Synonyms lack, want, need, absence, poverty, shortage, deficiency, famine, inadequacy, scarcity, paucity (formal), insufficiency, sparsity, scantiness, exiguousness Definition a lack or shortage They did tests for signs of vitamin deficiency. Synonyms lack, want, deficit, absence, shortage, deprivation, inadequacy, scarcity, dearth, privation (formal), insufficiency, scantiness Anaemia is due to insufficiency of iron. Synonyms shortage, lack, deficiency, want, poverty, inadequacy, short supply, scarcity, dearth, paucity (formal), scantiness, inadequateness - patter
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Additional synonymsDefinition shortage or absence of something required or desired Despite his lack of experience, he got the job. Synonyms shortage, want, absence, deficiency, need, shortcoming, deprivation, inadequacy, scarcity, dearth, privation (formal), shortness, destitution, insufficiency, scantiness, debtDefinition lack or scarcity a poverty of ideas Synonyms scarcity, lack, absence, want, deficit, shortage, deficiency, inadequacy, dearth, paucity (formal), insufficiency, sparsity Definition the state of being rare This indicates the rarity of such attacks. Synonyms uncommonness, scarcity, infrequency, unusualness, shortage, strangeness, singularity, sparseness Definition not enough of something needed There's no shortage of ideas. Synonyms deficiency, want, lack, failure, deficit, poverty, shortfall, inadequacy, scarcity, dearth, paucity (formal), insufficiency |