fewness
Lack of many
Fewness is the quality of being few—smallness in number.
The word appears mainly in formal or literary contexts: The fewness of applicants surprised us.
It emphasizes scarcity without implying complete absence.
Deficient supply of necessities
- dearthAcute shortage of something
- paucityInsufficiency of amount
- scantinessInadequate quantity or supply
- insufficiencyShortfall in amount needed
deficiency · lack · want · sparseness · meagerness · poverty · penury · privation
State of being unusual
- infrequencyState of occurring seldom
- rarenessUncommon occurrence state
- unusualnessState of being atypical
- seldomnessState of being infrequent
singularity · uniqueness · scarceness · exceptionality · sporadic · occasional · isolated · anomaly
Amount a palm holds
- smatteringSmall scattered amount
- sprinklingSmall scattered amount
- trickleThin, slow stream
- modicumSmall, limited quantity
pittance · smidgen · fraction · minority · remnant · trace · sliver · scrap
Limit on action
- constraintLimiting condition or rule
- finitenessState of having endpoints
- boundednessState of having limits
- narrownessConfined width quality
confinement · selectivity · exclusivity · cap · ceiling · quota · rationing · circumscription
shortage
Deficient supply of necessities
- dearthAcute shortage of something
- paucityInsufficiency of amount
- scantinessInadequate quantity or supply
insufficiency · deficiency · lack · want · sparseness · meagerness · poverty · penury · privation · undersupply
uncommonness
State of being unusual
- infrequencyState of occurring seldom
- rarenessUncommon occurrence state
- unusualnessState of being atypical
seldomness · singularity · uniqueness · scarceness · exceptionality · sporadic · occasional · isolated · anomaly · oddity
handful
Amount a palm holds
- smatteringSmall scattered amount
- sprinklingSmall scattered amount
- trickleThin, slow stream
modicum · pittance · smidgen · fraction · minority · remnant · trace · sliver · scrap · morsel
restriction
Limit on action
- constraintLimiting condition or rule
- finitenessState of having endpoints
- boundednessState of having limits
narrowness · confinement · selectivity · exclusivity · cap · ceiling · quota · rationing · circumscription · controlled