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单词 paucity
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paucity

noun

pau·​ci·​ty ˈpȯ-sə-tē How to pronounce paucity (audio)
1
: smallness of number : fewness
2
: smallness of quantity : dearth

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Learn a Little About Paucity

Paucity refers to "littleness" in numbers (as in "a paucity of facts") or quantity ("a paucity of common sense"). The word comes from paucus, Latin for "little."

Synonyms

  • crunch
  • dearth
  • deficiency
  • deficit
  • drought
  • drouth
  • failure
  • famine
  • inadequacy
  • inadequateness
  • insufficiency
  • lack
  • lacuna
  • pinch
  • poverty
  • scantiness
  • scarceness
  • scarcity
  • shortage
  • undersupply
  • want
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Example Sentences

If you had one of those Yugoslav names with a paucity of vowels, you might sprinkle in a few … Calvin Trillin, Time, 22 May 2000 For my part, I find increasingly that I miss the simplicity, the almost willful paucity, of the English way of doing things. Bill Bryson, I'm a Stranger Here Myself, 1999 This relative paucity of freeloaders and deadbeats means that rookie Americans, as a group, more than pay their way. Jaclyn Fierman, Fortune, 9 Aug. 1993 a paucity of useful answers to the problem of traffic congestion at rush hour
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Word History

Etymology

Middle English paucite, from Latin paucitat-, paucitas, from paucus little — more at few

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

paucity

noun

as in shortage
a falling short of an essential or desirable amount or number a paucity of useful answers to the problem of traffic congestion at rush hour

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • shortage
  • lack
  • deficiency
  • scarcity
  • dearth
  • absence
  • inadequacy
  • scantiness
  • insufficiency
  • deficit
  • lacuna
  • scarceness
  • undersupply
  • drought
  • famine
  • poverty
  • inadequateness
  • crunch
  • failure
  • omission
  • pinch
  • meagerness
  • drouth
  • want
  • necessity
  • poorness
  • skimpiness
  • privation
  • need

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • abundance
  • plenty
  • adequacy
  • sufficiency
  • wealth
  • amplitude
  • plenitude
  • opulence
  • excess
  • surplus
  • overabundance
  • surfeit
  • copiousness
  • oversupply
  • bountifulness
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