All scantiness synonyms
scant·y
S s noun scantiness
- inadequacy — Also, inadequateness [in-ad-i-kwit-nis] /ɪnˈæd ɪ kwɪt nɪs/ (Show IPA). the state or condition of being inadequate; insufficiency.
- leanness — (of persons or animals) without much flesh or fat; not plump or fat; thin: lean cattle.
- minuteness — extremely small, as in size, amount, extent, or degree: minute differences.
- dead horse — something that has ceased to be useful or relevant.
- want — to feel a need or a desire for; wish for: to want one's dinner; always wanting something new.
- aridities — being without moisture; extremely dry; parched: arid land; an arid climate.
- faultiness — having faults or defects; imperfect.
- insufficience — Obsolete form of insufficiency.
- aridity — being without moisture; extremely dry; parched: arid land; an arid climate.
- lack — something missing or needed: After he left, they really felt the lack.
- deficiency — Deficiency in something, especially something that your body needs, is not having enough of it.
- inadequateness — Inadequacy.
- due bill — a brief written acknowledgment of indebtedness, not payable to order.
- 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.
- exiguity — The quality of being meagre or scanty.
- diminutiveness — The state or quality of being diminutive.
- defectiveness — having a defect or flaw; faulty; imperfect: a defective machine.
- in the hole — an opening through something; gap; aperture: a hole in the roof; a hole in my sock.
- fewness — the state of being few or small in quantity; paucity.
- defalcation — the amount embezzled
- meagerness — deficient in quantity or quality; lacking fullness or richness; scanty; inadequate: a meager salary; meager fare; a meager harvest.
- exiguousness — The quality of being meagre or scanty.
- dearth — If there is a dearth of something, there is not enough of it.
- in hock — If someone is in hock, they are in debt.
- inaptness — Quality of being inapt.
- incompleteness — not complete; lacking some part.
- gauntness — extremely thin and bony; haggard and drawn, as from great hunger, weariness, or torture; emaciated.