FEWNESS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does fewness mean? 

• FEWNESS (noun)
  The noun FEWNESS has 1 sense:

1. the quality of being small in number

  Familiarity information: FEWNESS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FEWNESS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The quality of being small in number

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("fewness" is a kind of...):

figure; number (the property possessed by a sum or total or indefinite quantity of units or individuals)

Derivation:

few (a quantifier that can be used with count nouns and is often preceded by 'a'; a small but indefinite number)