scantness
State of lacking
Scantness is the quality of being insufficient or barely adequate.
It describes a shortage or meagerness: the scantness of the evidence, the scantness of her wardrobe.
The word emphasizes how little there is of something when more would be expected or needed.
Deficiency or absence
- dearthAcute shortage of something
- paucityInsufficiency of amount
- inadequacyState of being insufficient
- shortfallFailure to reach quota
deficit · scarcity · insufficiency · undersupply · privation · depletion · want · penury
State of minimal width
- sparenessAbsence of excess
- skimpinessInadequate coverage or amount
- leannessState of being thin
- barenessLack of covering
slightness · paltriness · exiguity · frugality · austerity · slenderness · narrowness · poorness
State of minimal width
- infrequencyState of occurring seldom
- rarityUncommon occurrence
- patchinessState of being uneven
- uncommonnessState of being unusual
lack
Deficiency or absence
- dearthAcute shortage of something
- paucityInsufficiency of amount
- inadequacyState of being insufficient
shortfall · deficit · scarcity · insufficiency · undersupply · privation · depletion · want · penury · poverty
thinness
State of minimal width
- sparenessAbsence of excess
- skimpinessInadequate coverage or amount
- leannessState of being thin
bareness · slightness · paltriness · exiguity · frugality · austerity · slenderness · narrowness · poorness · tightness
thinness
State of minimal width
- infrequencyState of occurring seldom
- rarityUncommon occurrence
- patchinessState of being uneven
uncommonness · fewness · dispersal · intermittence · discontinuity
scantnessabundance
Ample supply, overflowing
plenty · plentifulness · copiousness · profusion · plethora
scant, scanty, scantily, scantly, scantiness, scantier, scantiest