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Synonyms for paucity
ˈpɔ sɪ tipauci·ty
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paucitynoun
Synonyms:
scantiness, scarcity, dearthpaucitynoun
Fewness in number; too few.
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scarcity, scantiness, dearthpaucitynoun
A smallness in size or amount that is insufficient; meagerness, dearth.
Synonyms:
scantiness, scarcity, dearth
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paucitynoun
Synonyms:
fewness, small number
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List of paraphrases for "paucity":
scarcity, shortage, rarity, dearth, lack, inadequacy, insufficiency, shortfall
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How to use paucity in a sentence?
The thought that the only way we can come up with to save the species is to kill them -- that, I would say, we are in a situation where there's a paucity of imaginative thinking. instead of killing it, they can be moved to a different area, be used to bring in photo tourism or eco-tourism -- something that doesn't kill the animal. People pay good money to go to Africa to see species like rhinos, and instead of just killing one for a quick monetary gain for a vainglorious American, it can be moved around to a different area if it is a problem with the herd.
I don't think in the US it's an issue of collapse, because we can certainly open the faucet for more immigrants anytime we want to, we'll have no paucity of people who want to come through the door to immigrate here in the future. Immigrants and their children are younger than the population as a whole and so that will help to keep the population from aging as well.
I am concerned about lowering impeachment standards to fit a paucity of evidence and an abundance of anger. I believe this impeachment not only fails to satisfy the standard of past impeachments but would create a dangerous precedent for future impeachments.
Given the paucity of observations, our first task is simply to gather the most robust set of data that we can, we will be identifying what data – from civilians, government, non-profits, companies – exists, what else we should try to collect, and how to best analyze it.
We continue to believe that the housing market will be one of the bright spots for the domestic economy in 2016 ... reflecting stronger job growth, increased household formations and the current paucity of supply, particularly in the new home market, expectations that interest rates are likely to remain lower for longer should also support demand.
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- ندرةArabic
- nedostatekCzech
- Mangel, KnappheitGerman
- penuria, escasezSpanish
- قلتPersian
- niukkuusFinnish
- paucitéFrench
- laghadIrish
- कमीHindi
- کهمیKurdish
- недо́статок, о́скудност, не́достигMacedonian
- schaarste, gering aantal, geringheidDutch
- penúriaPortuguese
- малочи́сленность, нехва́тка, ску́дность, недоста́точность, малочисленностьRussian
- లోపంTelugu
- нечисленністьUkrainian
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