scantiness

  • 11scantiness — noun the quality of being meager an exiguity of cloth that would only allow of miniature capes George Eliot • Syn: ↑meagerness, ↑meagreness, ↑leanness, ↑poorness, ↑scantness, ↑exiguity • Derivationally related fo …

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  • 12lack — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. want, deficiency, shortage, need. v. t. need, require. See insufficiency, poverty.Ant., sufficiency. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [The state of being lacking] Syn. destitution, absence, need, dearth,… …

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  • 13Meagerness — Mea ger*ness, Meagreness Mea gre*ness, n. The state or quality of being meager; leanness; scantiness; barrenness. Syn: meagreness, poorness, scantiness, scantness, exiguity. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 14Meagreness — Meagerness Mea ger*ness, Meagreness Mea gre*ness, n. The state or quality of being meager; leanness; scantiness; barrenness. Syn: meagreness, poorness, scantiness, scantness, exiguity. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 15nearunes — f ( se/ sa) 1. strait; small space; 1a. a narrow space, a place of small extent; 2. scantiness; 2a. a physical inconvenience, difficulty, troublesome action; 3. oppression, distress (of body); nearunes bréostes oppression of the chest; 4.… …

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  • 16dearth — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. scarcity, lack, shortage. See insufficiency.Ant., abundance, sufficiency II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. scarcity, deficiency, scantiness, shortage; see lack 1 , poverty 2 . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus)… …

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  • 17insufficiency — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Lack of necessary amount Nouns 1. insufficiency; inadequacy, inadequateness; incompetence, impotence; deficiency, incompleteness, imperfection, shortcoming, emptiness, poorness, depletion, vacancy,… …

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  • 18paucity — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. scantiness, fewness (see insufficiency). Ant., plenty. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. insufficiency, scarcity, absence; see lack 1 . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) (VOCABULARY WORD) n. [PAW si tee] scarcity …

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  • 19Insufficiency — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Insufficiency >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 insufficiency insufficiency Sgm: N 1 inadequacy inadequacy inadequateness Sgm: N 1 incompetence incompetence &c.(impotence) 158 Sgm: N 1 deficiency deficiency… …

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  • 20ὀλιγανδρίας — ὀλιγανδρίᾱς , ὀλιγανδρία scantiness of men fem acc pl ὀλιγανδρίᾱς , ὀλιγανδρία scantiness of men fem gen sg (attic doric aeolic) …

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