Definitions
an insufficient quantity or number
Word origin
From 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.
Used in a sentence
“But when I had crossed the threshold, I was astonished at the paucity of facts to be gleaned from the inmates themselves.”
“For sheer paucity of railway facilities, probably the record in Great Britain is held by the Scottish county of Nairn, which has about eight miles of railway and two stations—Nairn and Auldearn.”
“This paucity of trains helps to explain why electrification is not planned between Paris and Belfort.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues
01“scant supply”7 letters
02“Severe shortage”7 letters
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