Definizione monolingua

paucity

paucity (countable and uncountable; plural paucities)

1. Fewness in number; too few.
   • 1915, Anna Katharine Green, The Golden Slipper, problem 7:

     But when I had crossed the threshold, I was astonished at the paucity of facts to be gleaned from the inmates themselves.

   • 2006, Po Bronson and Ashley Merryman, ""Uncle Sam Wants You,"" Time, 13 July:

     Your tax refund might be late, owing to a paucity of number crunchers.

2. A Smallness in size or amount that is insufficient; meagerness, dearth.
   • 1898, Mark Twain, ""At the Appetite-Cure"":

     Now came shipwrecks and life in open boats, with the usual paucity of food.

   • 1915, Gene Stratton-Porter, Michael OHalloran, ch. 12:

     Here is where the paucity of our language is made manifest.

Definizione dizionario paucity

	scarsità
	A lack or short supply.

insufficienza

miseria

povertà

scarsezza

Altri significati:

Smallness in size or amount; meagerness.

Fewness in number; a small number.

smallness in size or amount

fewness in number; a small number