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Definition: Paucity |
PaucityNoun1. An insufficient quantity or number. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "paucity" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1651. (references) |
Synonym: PaucitySynonym: dearth (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Fewness | Noun: fewness; Adjective: paucity, small number; small quantity; rarity; infrequency; handful, maniple; minority; exiguity. |
Insufficiency | Noun: insufficiency; inadequacy, inadequateness; incompetence; (impotence); deficiency; (incompleteness); imperfection; shortcoming; paucity; stint; scantiness; (smallness); none to spare, bare subsistence. |
Smallness | Noun: smallness; Adjective: littleness; (small size); tenuity; paucity; fewness; (small number); meanness, insignificance (unimportance); mediocrity, moderation. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
| Author | Quotation |
Norman Mailer | The horror of the Twentieth Century was the size of each new event, and the paucity of its reverberation. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | |
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | There is a paucity of data available about usage of antidiarrheal drugs in children. (references) | |
At the present time, there is a paucity of data providing information on long-term treatment beyond 14 months. (references) | ||
According to contemporary research standards, there is a paucity of high-quality research assessing efficacy of acupuncture compared with placebo or sham acupuncture. (references) | ||
Business | While there is a paucity of statistical data on Taiwan's book market, existing evidence points to the high popularity of U.S. authors in particular. (references) | |
Economic History | Malawi | Paucity of skilled labor; difficulty in obtaining expatriate employment permits; bureaucratic red tape; corruption; and inadequate and deteriorating road, electricity, water, and telecommunications infrastructure further hinder economic development in Malawi. (references) |
Nigeria | Unfortunately, the paucity of shipping into Calabar port and its relatively high cost serve as a disincentive for use of Calabar EPZ. (references) | |
Pakistan | The major drawbacks to direct marketing in Pakistan are the lack of readily available mailing lists with up-to-date contact information, and the paucity of reports on consumer preferences, making it difficult to target and reach the intended audience. (references) | |
Minorities | Chad | Societal discrimination continued to be practiced routinely by members of virtually all ethnic groups and was evident in patterns of buying and employment, in patterns of de facto segregation in urban neighborhoods, and in the paucity of interethnic marriages, especially across the north-south divide. (references) |
Worker Rights | China | The extraordinarily wide distribution of small coal mines (which account for approximately 20,000 of an estimated 25,000 mines) and the paucity of inspectors also hinder enforcement in the coal-mining sector. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Paucity" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Paucity" is used about 123 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 123 | 28,925 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
paucity | 24 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "paucity"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | pakicë (exiguity, few, fewness, minority, tenuity), sasi e pakët (shortage), numër i pakët. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | نقص (allow, cut, cut down, decrease, deficiency, depress, deprivation, detract, diminish, diminution, disadvantage, drawback, failing, famish, flaw, gap, imperfection, incompetence, insufficiency, knock off, lack, lessen, limit, lower, rareness, reduce, reduction, retrench, revocation, scantiness, scarcity, shortage, shortcoming, thin), ندرة (drought, famine, penury, poverty, rareness, rarity, scarceness, tightness), قلة (dearth, few, jar, lack, morsel, rareness, scarceness, shortage), عوز (destitution, distress, indigence, lack, misery, necessity, need, pauperism, poorness, poverty, privation, want). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | оскъдност (exiguity, scantiness, tenuity), малочисленост. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 少数 (few, Minorities, minority). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | nepatrnost (scantiness), malý poèet, málo (few, little). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | معدود (Little, Poor, Scant), ندرت , کمیابی (Infrequency, Poverty, Rarity, Scarcity), کمی (Bittock, Deficiency, Infrequency, Insignificance, Insufficience, Insufficiency, Peep, Piece, Quantitative, Rarity), قلت , عددکم , اندک (Lean, Light, Little, Low, Margin, Modicum, Pinch, Scant, Scantling, Scarce, Scrimp, Scruple, Skimpy, Slight, Whit). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | harvalukuisuus (small number). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | pénurie, manque, indigence (pauperism), disette. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Knappheit (brevity, conciseness, concision, crispness, famine, insufficiency, lowness, penury, scantiness, scantness, scarceness, scarcity, shortage, shortness, skimpiness, succinctness, tautness, terseness, tightness). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | σπάνισ (scarcity), μικρή ποσότησ (lour, scowl, touch), ελαχιστότητα. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | מעוט (limited, meagre, minimum, minority, poor, scanty), מחסור (deficiency, deprivation, insufficiency, lack, misery, need, scarceness, scarcity, shortage, want), מצער (dearth, deplorable, distressing, fewness, grievous, lamentable, littleness, regrettable, sad, saddening, smallness, sore, sorrowful). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | szűkösség (necessity, scantiness, skimpiness), kis mennyiség (dribblet, driblet, modicum, modicum of, smidgen, trace), csekély volta vminek. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | scarsezza (jejuneness, scantiness, scarceness, scarcity), insufficienza (deficiency, incompetence, insufficiency, lack, poorness, scantiness). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | tiarkid (fewness, poverty, scarceness), genney (dearth, destitution, scarceness, shortness, slenderness). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | aucitypay penúria (destitution, famish, penurity, penury, scarcity, shortage), insuficiência (defect, failure, inadequacy, incompetent, insufficient, scarcity, shortcoming), falta (absence, attenuation, default, defect, deficiency, degrade, empty cells, fade, fail, failing, failure, fault, flaw, forfeit, foul, guilt, lack, Lacuna, lag, misconduct, miss, misses, mistake, need, non attendance, omission, penurity, penury, privation, scarcity, shortage, shortcoming, slip, want, Wantage), escassez (dearth, famine, scarcity, shortage, stringency, want), empada (pate, pie). (various references) puţinãtate (fewness, scarcity, smallness), numãr mic, lipsã (absence, blemish, dearth, default, defect, deficiency, demerit, destitution, drawback, failure, fault, gap, hardship, imperfection, lack, minus, mistake, necessity, neediness, out, penury, poverty, privation, scantiness, scarceness, shortage, shortcoming, stinginess, stringency, vice, want), insuficienţã (deficiency, inadequacy, insufficiency, shortage, shortcoming, tenuity, want). (various references) малочисленность, малое число (few), малое количество. (various references) nestašica (dearth, lack, scarceness, scarcity, shortage, want), malobrojnost. (various references) falta (absence, bankruptcy, blemish, dearth, default, defect, deficiency, deficit, empty cells, error, fade, fail, failing, failure, fault, foul, infringement, is lacking, lack, lag, lapse, literal mistake, misconduct, misdemeanor, misdemeanour, misprint, misses, mistake, need, out of, shortage, shortcoming, shortness, silence, slip, want), escasez (dearth, famine, lack, meanness, need, parsimony, poverty, scantiness, scarceness, scarcity, shortage, sparseness, stinginess, tightness, want). (various references) knapphet (dearth, exiguity, scarcity, shortage, stringency), fåtalighet. (various references) yetersizlik (deficiency, disability, disablement, flimsiness, handicap, inability, inadequacy, incapability, incapacity, incompetence, inefficacy, insufficiency, littleness, poorness, poverty, scantiness, scantness, slenderness, slimness, spareness), kıtlık (dearth, drought, exiguity, failure, famine, penury, scantiness, scantness, scarceness, scarcity, shortage, slimness, sparseness, sparsity), azlık (exiguity, fewness, littleness, minority, scantiness, scantness, scarcity, slimness, spareness, tightness). (various references) нечисленність (fewness), недостатність (absence, beggarliness, insufficience, insufficiency, scantiness, weakness). (various references) sự thiếu thốn (meagreness, penuriousness, poverty, scarcity), sự ít ỏi (scantiness), số lượng nhỏ sự khan hiếm. (various references) drudaniaeth (dearth, scarcity). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | paucitas, paucitate, paucitatem. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Misspellings | |
"Paucity" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Pacitti, Paichitr, pauciry, pausity, Poucet, puacity, Puciato, saucity. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "paucity" (pronounced pô"sutē) |
| 4 | -s u t ē | adversity, analyticity, animosity, atrocity, audacity, authenticity, biodiversity, capacity, complexity, complicity, curiosity, density, diversity, domesticity, duplicity, eccentricity, elasticity, electricity, ethnicity, falsity, Felicity, ferocity, generosity, incapacity, intensity, laxity, mendacity, monstrosity, multiplicity, necessity, obesity, opacity, overcapacity, perplexity, perversity, pomposity, propensity, publicity, reciprocity, religiosity, scarcity, simplicity, specificity, tenacity, toxicity, university, varsity, velocity, veracity, virtuosity, viscosity, voracity. |
| 3 | -u t ē | ability, abnormality, absurdity, acceptability, accessibility, accountability, acidity, activity, actuality, acuity, adaptability, admissibility, advisability, affinity, affordability, aggressivity, agility, alacrity, alkalinity, ambiguity, amenity, amiability, amity, annuity, anonymity, antiquity, anxiety, applicability, austerity, authority, availability, banality, barbarity, believability, bestiality, bisexuality, brevity, brutality, calamity, capability, captivity, causality, cavity, celebrity, centrality, charity, chastity, civility, clarity, collegiality, commodity, commonality, community, comparability, compatibility, comprehensibility, conditionality, conductivity, confidentiality, conformity, congeniality, congruity, connectivity, constitutionality, continuity, convertibility, creativity, credibility, credulity, criminality, criticality, crotchety, culpability, cyclicality, debility, deductibility, deformity, deity, deniability, dependability, depravity, deputy, desirability, dexterity, dignity, dimensionality, disability, discontinuity, disparity, dissimilarity, disunity, divinity, docility, duality, ductility, durability, electability, eligibility, enforceability, enmity, enormity, entity, equality, equanimity, equity, eternity, eventuality, exclusivity, expressivity, extraterritoriality, extremity, facility, fallibility, familiarity, fatality, feasibility, femininity, fertility, festivity, fidelity, finality, flammability, flexibility, fluidity, formality, fragility, fraternity, frivolity, frugality, functionality, futility, generality, geniality, gentility, gratuity, gravity, gullibility, heredity, heterogeneity, heterosexuality, hilarity, homogeneity, homosexuality, hospitality, hostility, humanity, humidity, humility, hyperactivity, hypersensitivity, identity, illegality, illiquidity, immaturity, immobility, immorality, immortality, immunity, impartiality, impersonality, impossibility, impropriety, impunity, impurity, inability, inaccessibility, inactivity, incivility, incompatibility, incongruity, incredulity, indemnity, indestructibility, indignity, individuality, inequality, inequity, inevitability, infallibility, inferiority, infertility, infidelity, infinity, infirmity, inflexibility, informality, ingenuity, inhumanity, insanity, insecurity, insensitivity, instability, instrumentality, insularity, integrity, invincibility, invisibility, invulnerability, irrationality, irregularity, irresponsibility, irritability, laity, legality, legibility, lethality, levity, liability, liberality, liquidity, lividity, locality, longevity, majority, malleability, maneuverability, marketability, masculinity, materiality, maternity, maturity, mediocrity, mentality, minority, miscibility, mobility, modality, modernity, morality, morbidity, mortality, motility, municipality, musicality, mutuality, nationality, nativity, negativity, neutrality, nobility, Nonconformity, nonentity, nonutility, normality, notoriety, nudity, objectivity, obscenity, obscurity, oddity, opportunity, originality, oversensitivity, palatability, parity, partiality, particularity, passivity, paternity, peculiarity, permeability, perpetuity, personality, piety, plausibility, plurality, polarity, polity, popularity, portability, possibility, posterity, practicality, predictability, principality, priority, probability, probity, proclivity, productivity, profanity, profitability, progressivity, promiscuity, proportionality, propriety, prosperity, proximity, punctuality, purity, quality, quantity, radioactivity, rapidity, rarity, rationality, reactivity, readability, reality, receptivity, reflexivity, regularity, relativity, reliability, respectability, responsibility, retroactivity, rickety, rigidity, salinity, sanctity, sanity, seasonality, security, selectivity, senility, seniority, sensibility, sensitivity, sensuality, sentimentality, serendipity, serenity, severity, sexuality, similarity, sincerity, sobriety, society, solemnity, solidarity, solidity, sorority, speciality, spirituality, spontaneity, stability, sterility, stupidity, subjectivity, suitability, superconductivity, superfluidity, superiority, supermajority, surety, survivability, susceptibility, sustainability, technicality, temerity, theatricality, timidity, tonality, totality, tranquility, transferability, Trinity, triviality, turbidity, ubiquity, unanimity, unavailability, unfamiliarity, uniformity, unity, universality, unpopularity, unpredictability, unreality, unreliability, uppity, utility, validity, vanity, variability, variety, velvety, venality, Verity, versatility, viability, vicinity, virginity, virility, visibility, vitality, volatility, vulgarity, vulnerability. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-i-p-t-u-y" | |
-1 letter: acuity, atypic. | |
-2 letters: caput, typic. | |
-3 letters: city, pact, paty, pica, pita, pity, pyic, yaup, yuca. | |
-4 letters: act, ait, apt, cap, cat, cay, cup, cut, icy, pac, pat, pay, pia, pic, pit, piu, put, pya, tap, tau, tic, tip, tui, tup, uta, yap, yip, yup. | |
-5 letters: ai, at, ay, it, pa, pi, ta, ti, up, ut, ya. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-i-p-t-u-y" | |
+2 letters: eucalypti, pugnacity, untypical. | |
+3 letters: capitulary, captiously. | |
+4 letters: culpability, hyperacuity, inculpatory, peculiarity, punctuality, specularity, untypically. | |
+5 letters: autohypnotic, incomputably, municipality, particularly, pneumaticity, purificatory, puristically, scripturally, subspecialty, supplicatory. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)50 61 75 63 69 74 79 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references).--. .- ..- -.-. .. - -.--. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010000 01100001 01110101 01100011 01101001 01110100 01111001 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)P a u c i t y |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0050 0061 0075 0063 0069 0074 0079 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)50678769758691 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Quotations: Familiar 4. Quotations: Non-fiction | 5. Usage Frequency 6. Expressions: Internet 7. Translations: Modern 8. Translations: Ancient | 9. Derivations 10. Rhymes 11. Anagrams 12. Orthography | 13. Bibliography |
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