paucity
noun
[ ˈpɔːsɪti ]
• the presence of something in only small or insufficient quantities or amounts.
• "a paucity of information"
Similar:
scarcity,
sparseness,
sparsity,
dearth,
shortage,
rarity,
rareness,
poverty,
insufficiency,
deficiency,
inadequacy,
famine,
lack,
want,
meagreness,
limitedness,
scantiness,
skimpiness,
paltriness,
restrictedness,
deficit,
shortfall,
exiguity,
Origin:
late Middle English: from Old French paucite or Latin paucitas, from paucus ‘few’.
