There was also a general paucity of trained operatives.
Source: tatoeba (2622587)
Paucity
//ˈpɒs.ɪ.ti//
Synonyms for "paucity" (43 found)
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Closest matches (9)
Strong matches (13)
Related words (21)
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Translations
51 translations across 25 languages.
Bulgarian
2 entries- малобройност noun (fewness in number; a small number)
- оскъдност noun (fewness in number; a small number)
Central Kurdish
1 entries- کەمی noun (fewness in number; a small number)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 少量 noun (fewness in number; a small number)
Czech
1 entries- nedostatek noun (fewness in number; a small number)
Dutch
2 entries- gering aantal noun (fewness in number; a small number)
- geringheid noun (smallness in size or amount)
Finnish
2 entries- niukkuus noun (fewness in number; a small number)
- niukkuus noun (smallness in size or amount)
French
1 entries- paucité noun (fewness in number; a small number)
German
2 entries- Knappheit noun (smallness in size or amount)
- Mangel noun (fewness in number; a small number)
Greek
3 entries- έλλειψη noun (smallness in size or amount)
- ελαχιστότητα noun (fewness in number; a small number)
- σπανιότητα noun (fewness in number; a small number)
Hindi
2 entries- अल्पता noun (fewness in number; a small number)
- दुर्लभता noun (fewness in number; a small number)
Irish
2 entries- laghad noun (fewness in number; a small number)
- laghad noun (smallness in size or amount)
Latin
2 entries- paucitās noun (fewness in number; a small number)
- paucitās noun (smallness in size or amount)
Macedonian
3 entries- не́достиг noun (fewness in number; a small number)
- недо́статок noun (fewness in number; a small number)
- о́скудност noun (smallness in size or amount)
Māori
1 entries- ngōuruuru noun (fewness in number; a small number)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- knapphet noun (smallness in size or amount)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- knappleik noun (smallness in size or amount)
Ottoman Turkish
2 entries- قلت noun (fewness in number; a small number)
- قلت noun (smallness in size or amount)
Polish
1 entries- niedostatek noun (fewness in number; a small number)
Portuguese
1 entries- penúria noun (fewness in number; a small number)
Russian
4 entries- малочи́сленность noun (fewness in number; a small number)
- недоста́точность noun (fewness in number; a small number)
- нехва́тка noun (fewness in number; a small number)
- ску́дность noun (smallness in size or amount)
Slovak
2 entries- nedostatok noun (fewness in number; a small number)
- nedostatok noun (smallness in size or amount)
Spanish
4 entries- carencia noun (fewness in number; a small number)
- carestía noun (fewness in number; a small number)
- escasez noun (fewness in number; a small number)
- paucidad noun (fewness in number; a small number)
Swahili
2 entries- uchache noun (fewness in number; a small number)
- uhaba noun (fewness in number; a small number)
Swedish
2 entries- fåtalighet noun (fewness in number; a small number)
- knapphet noun (fewness in number; a small number)
Ukrainian
4 entries- мала кількість noun (fewness in number; a small number)
- недостатність noun (smallness in size or amount)
- нестача noun (smallness in size or amount)
- нечисленність noun (fewness in number; a small number)
Sample sentences
12 total sentences available.
I'm going to have to reserve judgment on account of the paucity of information related to the subject.
Source: tatoeba (10478490)
The paucity of replies suggests that people either don't care, haven't seen it, or don't know what to say.
Source: tatoeba (10640481)
But when I had crossed the threshold, I was astonished at the paucity of facts to be gleaned from the inmates themselves.
Source: wiktionary
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