paucity

English - Turkish

Definition of paucity in English Turkish dictionary

azlık

yetersizlik

kıtlık

nadir oluş

Related Terms

fewness

azlık

fewness

{i} az miktar

English - English

Definition of paucity in English English dictionary

Smallness in size or amount; meagerness

Here is where the paucity of our language is made manifest.

Fewness in number; a small number

Your tax refund might be late, owing to a paucity of number crunchers.

fewness

{n} fewness, smallness of number

an insufficient quantity or number

If you say that there is a paucity of something, you mean that there is not enough of it. Even the film's impressive finale can't hide the first hour's paucity of imagination. the paucity of good British women sprinters. less than is needed of something = lack paucity of (paucité, from , from paucus )

nearly lacking; dearth

Fewness; smallness of number; scarcity

{i} lack, scarcity, scantiness; fewness, state of being very few in number

Smallnes of quantity; exiguity; insufficiency; as, paucity of blood

fewness in number

Hyphenation

pau·ci·ty

Turkish pronunciation

pôsıti

Synonyms

dearth, scantiness, scarcity, absence, deficiency, famine, fewness, insufficience, insufficiency, meagerness, paltriness, poverty, rarity, scarceness, shortage

Antonyms

abundance, affluence, plenty

Pronunciation

/ˈpôsətē/ /ˈpɔːsətiː/

Etymology

() From Latin paucitas (“a small number, fewness, scarcity”) paucus (“few, little”).