Scantiness: alternatives and connections

The quality of being abstemious, temperate, or sparing in the use of food and strong drinks. It expresses a greater degree of abstinence than tempera…

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The quality or state of being lean or thin; leanness.

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The quality or state of being sparse; as, sparseness of population.

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The quality or state of being thin (in any of the senses of the word).

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The quality or state of being watery; moisture; humidity.

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The state of being deficient; inadequacy; want; failure; imperfection; shortcoming; defect.

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The quality or state of being inadequate or insufficient; defectiveness; insufficiency; inadequateness.

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The quality or state of being insufficient; want of sufficiency; deficiency; inadequateness; as, the insufficiency of provisions, of an excuse, etc.

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The quality or state of being short; want of reach or extension; brevity; deficiency; as, the shortness of a journey; the shortness of the days in wi…

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Destitute of property; wanting in material riches or goods; needy; indigent.

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Destitute of property; wanting in material riches or goods; needy; indigent.

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Not long; having brief length or linear extension; as, a short distance; a short piece of timber; a short flight.

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Not long; having brief length or linear extension; as, a short distance; a short piece of timber; a short flight.

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Scantiness; smallness; thinness.

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The condition or quality of being lean.

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Alt. of Meagreness

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The state or quality of being meager; leanness; scantiness; barrenness.

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The quality or state of being poor (in any of the senses of the adjective).

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The quality or condition of being scant; narrowness; smallness; insufficiency; scantiness.

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