Paucity meaning

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Paucity is defined as a small number of something.

An example of paucity is only a few people going to a concert.

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Scarcity; dearth.

A paucity of natural resources.

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Fewness; small number.
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Scarcity; dearth; insufficiency.
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Fewness in number; too few.
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A smallness in size or amount that is insufficient; meagerness, dearth.
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Smallness of number; fewness.
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Origin of paucity

  • Middle English paucite from Old French from Latin paucitās from paucus few pau-1 in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Latin paucitas (“a small number, fewness, scarcity"), from paucus (“few, little").

    From Wiktionary

Paucity Sentence Examples

  • Paucity of evidence makes the first difficult.

  • A difficulty has been in the paucity of examples, more due to the neglect of collectors than the rarity of specimens.

  • This paucity of animal life seems inconsistent with the theory that the islands were once connected with the mainland.

  • Owing to the absence of rivers, the paucity of springs, and the almost complete deforestation, Antigua is subject to frequent droughts, and although the average rainfall is 45.6 in., the variations from year to year are great.

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