paucity
7
8.6
- noun
- /ˈpɔːsɪti/
- Formal
:
paucidad
- The city is facing a paucity of affordable housing options, making it hard for many families to find a place to live.
- paucity of research
- paucity of data
- paucity of literature
There is a continual paucity, a lack of feeling.
- There is a continual paucity, a lack of feeling.
- In it there is a continual paucity of feeling, a lack of feeling, a lack where there should be something there.
- And you know, again, there are lots of the gay writers, it's not been a not been a paucity of them in history as it happens.
- Coming in through the students and the first years and stuff, when they start writing and creating their own plots is a paucity of subplot.
Examples
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Currently, there is a paucity of tasks available to examine narrative writing, particularly in adolescents.
Academic text (2012) -
There is a relative paucity of data regarding the performance of these children in later school years.
Academic text (2015) -
However, there is a paucity of data to support this theory.
Academic text (2015) -
Other times, the paucity of staff and the lack of training made it difficult to deliver needed interventions.
Academic text (2015) -
And the problem is in Bangladesh there is a paucity of fuel wood.
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In one sense, this paucity doesn't surprise, given the intellectual climate of our century.
Academic text (1995) -
On one hand, this seemed like a good idea since there is a paucity of literature written by Native Hawaiians.
Fiction book (2002) -
However, the paucity of research in this area raises intriguing questions for the field of transition.
Academic text (2015) -
Few longitudinal comparisons are possible because of the paucity of published data about community college preparation programs.
Academic text (1994) -
Al-Haq's next obstacle was, perhaps predictably, the paucity of information on the judicial system in the Occupied Territories.
Academic text (1994)
Synonyms
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1.3
Not having something you need or want
674
4.3
An amount by which money or resources are less than needed
253
2.7
Not having enough of something people need, like food or water
98
4.5
Not having enough of something that is needed
76
6.2
Not having basic things you need, like food, shelter, or sleep
30
5.8
A lack of enough skill, quality, or amount to meet a need
29
4.4
A situation where there is not enough of something people need
20
3.2
A lack of enough of something that is needed
16
8.5
A lack of things people need, like food or water
1
6.5
A lack of skill, experience, or resources needed for a job
1
6.8
A small number or amount that is spread out
1
3.7
A small amount of material in a space like foam or gas
1
7.2
A small amount of something that people need
1
5.1
Not enough of something for people who need it
1
7.0
A very small amount of something that is not enough
1
4.4
A small amount of something that is not enough
1
5.3
A state of having low quality or too little of something
1
7.6
A small number or amount spread far apart
1
4.3
Not being full or dense, like a small crowd and a small number of hairs
1
8.1
A bare, simple style with very few details
1
6.9
A quality that shows something is uncommon
A market with fewer goods and services than people need
A very small amount of something that is not enough
A small amount of something that is not enough
A small number of people or things
Clothes that are very small and show a lot of skin
Antonyms
How Much
91
3.3
6
3.7
1
6.5
29
4.4
- Formal
7
8.6
216
2.1
Surface Forms
Morphology
paucity = few (opaque) = pauc + ity
The combining form 'pauc-' is not a productive or recognizable standalone English morpheme to average learners, so the noun formation with '-ity' is not reliably inferable.
Etymology
Paucity comes from the Latin word paucus, which means 'few'. So paucity is a small or not enough amount of something, and thinking 'few' helps you remember its meaning.