paucity
Fewness in number; too fewFewness in number; too few.
» There was also a general paucity of trained operatives.
Es gab auch einen allgemeinen Mangel an ausgebildeten Arbeitern.
Meaning
2 senses(countable, uncountable)Fewness in number; too few.
Mangel
недоста́точностьnedostátočnostʹ, нехва́ткаnexvátka, малочи́сленностьmaločíslennostʹ
нечисленністьnečyslennistʹ, мала кількістьmala kilʹkistʹ
an insufficient quantity or number
(countable, uncountable)A smallness in size or amount that is insufficient; meagerness, dearth.
Knappheit
ску́дностьskúdnostʹ
нестачаnestača, недостатністьnedostatnistʹ
Examples
3 sentencesThere was also a general paucity of trained operatives.
deEs gab auch einen allgemeinen Mangel an ausgebildeten Arbeitern.
I'm going to have to reserve judgment on account of the paucity of information related to the subject.
The paucity of replies suggests that people either don't care, haven't seen it, or don't know what to say.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English paucete, paucite, paucyte, partly from Middle French paucité and partlFrom Middle English paucete, paucite, paucyte, partly from Middle French paucité and partly from its etymon, Latin paucitās (“a small number, fewness, scarcity”), from paucus (“few, little”). Related to few.
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Forms
plural: paucitiesSynonyms
4 synonymsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable