Scantiness

Synonyms for "scantiness" (88 found)

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Closest matches (18)

Noun(4 words)

meagerness dearth scarcity exiguity

absence austerity chinchiness chintziness daintiness dearth defalcation defect deficiency deficit delicacy diminutiveness exiguity exiguousness

Strong matches (26)

failure fewness inadequacy inconsequentiality inconsiderableness infrequency insignificance insubstantial insufficiency jejuneness jejunity lack leannesslenten farelittleness meagerness meanness minuteness miserliness moderateness

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Noun(5 words)

inadequacy insufficiency lack leanness meagreness

Related words (44)

niggardliness paltriness parsimony paucity pettiness picayunishness pokiness poverty puniness rareness rarity restrictednessscant sufficiencyscantness scarceness scarcity scrawniness scrimpiness shortage shortness

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skimpiness slenderness slightnessslim pickingsslimness smallness spareness sparseness sparsity stinginess stringency thinness tightness tininess triviality uncommonness underage undersize unimportance want

Noun(4 words)

paucity poorness scantness skimpiness

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5 entries

deficiencyevidence qualityinadequacy insufficiency shortness

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6 entries

limited datasetlow inventorysmall samplesparse datasparseness thinness

Collocations

5 entries

data insufficiencyevidence scarcitylimited evidencesmall samplesparse data

Inflections

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Derivations

5 entries

scant scanted scanting scantly scanty

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