Paucity Definition

pôsĭ-tē
noun
Fewness; small number.
Webster's New World
Scarcity; dearth; insufficiency.
Webster's New World
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Other Word Forms of Paucity

Noun

Singular:
paucity
Plural:
paucities

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.

  • That pattern could simply reflect the paucity of records, particularly from earlier centuries.

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Words Starting With

PPAPAU

Words Ending With

YTYITY

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Words Starting With P and Ending With Y

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