paucity

Betekenis (Engels)

1. (countable, uncountable) Fewness in number; too few.
2. (countable, uncountable) A smallness in size or amount that is insufficient; meagerness, dearth.

Sinonieme

scarcity

dearth

insufficiency

fewness

poverty

poorness

lack

scantiness

shortage

inadequacy

pittance

scantness

shortness

smallness

sparseness

stringency

tenuity

touch

want

not many

microcontent

microdosis

microscale

little quantity

absence

microdosage

defect

deficiency

deprivation

exiguity

few

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leanness

littleness

meagerness

minority

Vertalings

pénurie

Knappheit

yetersizlik

Mangel

azlık

scarsità

escassez

escasez

kıtlık

rareté

manque

ελαχιστότητα

poquedad

gering aantal

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/ˈpɒs.ɪ.ti/

Etimologie (Engels)

Geërf van Middle English: paucete

In summary

From Middle English paucete, paucite, paucyte, partly from Middle French paucité and partly from its etymon, Latin paucitās (“a small number, fewness, scarcity”), from paucus (“few, little”). Related to few.