PAUCITY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does paucity mean? 

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

1. an insufficient quantity or number

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• PAUCITY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An insufficient quantity or number

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

dearth; paucity

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

scarceness; scarcity (a small and inadequate amount)

 Context examples 

There's plenty of fun in them along with paucity of pretence.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

A flattened cell of the alveolar epithelium, distinguished by their greatly attenuated cytoplasm and paucity of organelles.

(Alveolar Cell Type I, NCI Thesaurus)

Here again I found the tally agreeing exactly; the carriers' men were able to supplement the paucity of the written words with a few details.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

However, she says, the paucity of evidence means it is difficult to determine which of these factors would impact on prenatal thoughts about the infant, which might in turn influence the quality of later interaction with the infant.

(Mother’s attitude towards baby during pregnancy may have implications for child’s development, University of Cambridge)

You would feel ashamed of your paucity of abuse and ignorance of that noble man compared with what Saleeby has collected on the subject.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)