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• paucity — noun a) Fewness in number; a small number. But when I had crossed the threshold, I was astonished at the paucity of facts to be gleaned from the inmates themselves. b) Smallness in size or amount; meagerness. Your tax refund might be late, owing… …   Wiktionary

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• paucity — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. scantiness, fewness (see insufficiency). Ant., plenty. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. insufficiency, scarcity, absence; see lack 1 . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) (VOCABULARY WORD) n. [PAW si tee] scarcity …   English dictionary for students

• paucity — /ˈpɔsəti / (say pawsuhtee) noun smallness of quantity; fewness; scantiness: *This paucity of writings by and about lesbians underlies the extent to which they have been made invisible –dennis altman, 1973. {Middle English, from Latin paucitas} …