Paucity
A smallness in number or amount; scarcity.
nounPaucity
A smallness in number or amount; scarcity.
nounImagine This
Paw City is a city inhibited only by animals with paws, like dogs and cats. Can you name one? I think they are very rare.
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PAW-sih-tee
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pau-city
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From Latin paucitas meaning scarcity; used to describe a small amount of something, especially resources or evidence.
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scarcity, dearth, shortage, insufficiency, meagerness
Note
Often used with 'of' after it (a paucity of resources, a paucity of data). Do not confuse with poverty or pauper, which have different meanings.
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- There is a paucity of evidence to support the theory.
- The report revealed a paucity of clean drinking water in the region.
From Latin paucitas meaning scarcity, from paucus 'few'.
Few-city: think of a city with only a few resources; paucity means scarcity.
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