All leanness synonyms

noun leanness

• weakness — the state or quality of being weak; lack of strength, firmness, vigor, or the like; feebleness.
• lack — something missing or needed: After he left, they really felt the lack.
• dearth — If there is a dearth of something, there is not enough of it.
• failure — an act or instance of failing or proving unsuccessful; lack of success: His effort ended in failure. The campaign was a failure.
• poverty — the state or condition of having little or no money, goods, or means of support; condition of being poor. Synonyms: privation, neediness, destitution, indigence, pauperism, penury. Antonyms: riches, wealth, plenty.
• deficit — A deficit is the amount by which something is less than what is required or expected, especially the amount by which the total money received is less than the total money spent.
• scarcity — insufficiency or shortness of supply; dearth.
• shortfall — the quantity or extent by which something falls short; deficiency; shortage.
• lapse — an accidental or temporary decline or deviation from an expected or accepted condition or state; a temporary falling or slipping from a previous standard: a lapse of justice.
• inadequacy — Also, inadequateness [in-ad-i-kwit-nis] /ɪnˈæd ɪ kwɪt nɪs/ (Show IPA). the state or condition of being inadequate; insufficiency.
• paucity — smallness of quantity; scarcity; scantiness: a country with a paucity of resources.
• scantiness — scant in amount, quantity, etc.; barely sufficient.
• insufficiency — deficiency in amount, force, power, competence, or fitness; inadequacy: insufficiency of supplies.
• curtailment — The curtailment of something is the act of reducing or limiting it.
• want — to feel a need or a desire for; wish for: to want one's dinner; always wanting something new.
• pinch — to squeeze or compress between the finger and thumb, the teeth, the jaws of an instrument, or the like.
• overtight — firmly or closely fixed in place; not easily moved; secure: a tight knot.
• defalcation — the amount embezzled
• slenderness — having a circumference that is small in proportion to the height or length: a slender post.
• lanky — ungracefully thin and rawboned; bony; gaunt: a very tall and lanky man.
• scrawny — excessively thin; lean; scraggy: a long, scrawny neck.
• gauntness — extremely thin and bony; haggard and drawn, as from great hunger, weariness, or torture; emaciated.
• skinnier — very lean or thin; emaciated: a skinny little kitten.
• make oneself scarce — insufficient to satisfy the need or demand; not abundant: Meat and butter were scarce during the war.
• defect — A defect is a fault or imperfection in a person or thing.
• scantness — barely sufficient in amount or quantity; not abundant; almost inadequate: to do scant justice.
• shortcoming — a failure, defect, or deficiency in conduct, condition, thought, ability, etc.: a social shortcoming; a shortcoming of his philosophy.
• deficiency — Deficiency in something, especially something that your body needs, is not having enough of it.
• underage — lacking the required age, especially that of legal maturity.
• wirily — made of wire.
• slim — slender, as in girth or form; slight in build or structure.
• thinness — having relatively little extent from one surface or side to the opposite; not thick: thin ice.
• toughness — strong and durable; not easily broken or cut.
• muscularity — of or relating to muscle or the muscles: muscular strain.
• sinewiness — having strong sinews: a sinewy back.
• strength — the quality or state of being strong; bodily or muscular power; vigor.
• emaciation — The state of being abnormally thin or weak.
• lankiness — The state or condition of being lanky.
• shortage — a deficiency in quantity: a shortage of cash.