scantiness
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]scantiness (countable and uncountable, plural scantinesses)
- (uncountable) The quality of being scanty.
- (countable) The result or product of being scanty.
Synonyms
[edit]- (quality of being scanty): See Thesaurus:fewness
- (product of being scanty): dearth, meagerness, scarcity; see also Thesaurus:lack
Translations
[edit]References
[edit]- “scantiness”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
- “scantiness”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.