Meaning & use
paucity
A smallness of number or amount; a scarcity or lack of something needed.
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The paucity of evidence made it impossible to reach a firm conclusion.
Researchers noted a paucity of funding for studies on rare diseases.
A note on using this word
Paucity is formal and almost always followed by of, as in a paucity of resources or a paucity of detail.
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