scantiness

English

Etymology

From scanty +‎ -ness.

Noun

scantiness (countable and uncountable, plural scantinesses)

(uncountable) The quality of being scanty.
(countable) The result or product of being scanty.

Synonyms

(quality of being scanty): See Thesaurus:fewness
(product of being scanty): dearth, meagerness, scarcity; see also Thesaurus:lack

Translations

quality of being scanty

Latin: exiguitās f

References

“scantiness”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
“scantiness”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

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