scantiness

  • 131scantness — (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun The condition or fact of being deficient: defect, deficiency, deficit, inadequacy, insufficiency, lack, paucity, poverty, scantiness, scarceness, scarcity, shortage, shortcoming, shortfall, underage1. See EXCESS …

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  • 132scarceness — (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun The condition or fact of being deficient: defect, deficiency, deficit, inadequacy, insufficiency, lack, paucity, poverty, scantiness, scantness, scarcity, shortage, shortcoming, shortfall, underage1. See EXCESS …

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