[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

paucity \pau"city\ padd"si^ty^, n. l. paucitas, fr.
   paucus few, little: cf. f. paucit'e see few.
   1. fewness; smallness of number; scarcity; rarity. --hooker.
      1913 webster

            revelation denies it by the stern reserve, the
            paucity, and the incompleteness, of its
            communications.                       --i. taylor.
      1913 webster

   2. smallness of quantity; exiguity; insufficiency; as,
      paucity of blood. --sir t. browne.
      1913 webster paugie
see also:
few 

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

paucity
     n : an insufficient quantity or number syn: dearth
see also:
dearth 

[3] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

29 moby thesaurus words for "paucity":
   chinchiness, chintziness, dearth, exiguity, fewness, infrequency,
   insufficiency, meagerness, miserliness, niggardliness, poverty,
   rareness, rarity, restrictedness, scant, scant sufficiency,
   scantiness, scarceness, scarcity, scrimpiness, skimpiness,
   smallness, sparseness, sparsity, stinginess, stringency, thinness,
   tightness, uncommonness

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