meagerness

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for meagerness
Noun
  • Despite the frequent paucity of BLM cartographic resources, apparently Jackson never got lost or worried about dropping the thread of a trail.
    Melina Sempill Watts, Los Angeles Times, 26 June 2025
  • But the Fort Pierce station doesn’t address a paucity of local news coverage in Palm Beach County, Rampell suggested. .
    David Lyons, Sun Sentinel, 9 June 2025
Noun
  • Grassley cited a Government Accountability Office report issued last year that detailed deficiencies in the program’s management dating back to 2009.
    Ryan J. Foley, Los Angeles Times, 24 June 2025
  • Studies show that patients not meeting the diagnostic criteria for testosterone deficiency are still being prescribed testosterone therapy, often based on vague symptoms.
    Alyssa Goldberg, USA Today, 24 June 2025
Noun
  • Any inadequacies found would then be addressed with additional training and regular tests to measure skills and compliance with the department’s treatment protocols.
    Mike Hendricks, Kansas City Star, 25 June 2025
  • Feelings of inadequacy may result in avoiding people or conflicts.
    Bill English, Forbes.com, 28 May 2025
Noun
  • Though the scarcity of furry figurines is a central part of the Labubu ecoystem, reseller communities online and in local collector shops keep buyers hooked.
    Annette Choi, CNN Money, 21 June 2025
  • The Thunder are Oklahoma’s only big-league option — the scarcity has taken a region divided by college allegiances and coalesced that fandom behind one franchise.
    Andrew Greif, NBC news, 19 June 2025
Noun
  • Alopecia is also believed to be related to vitamin D insufficiency.
    Veronica Cristino and Hannah Coates, Vogue, 15 Apr. 2025
  • The pope was also diagnosed with a polymicrobial infection and then mild renal insufficiency.
    Mike Snider, USA Today, 26 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • The researchers also compiled data on four key negative social conditions – corruption, inequality, poverty and violence – of 183 countries and all 50 US states, going back 20 years to see if there was a connection.
    Abhimanyu Ghoshal, New Atlas, 20 June 2025
  • Inequality is poverty’s foremost enemy, not statistics and Census figures.
    John Tamny, Forbes.com, 18 June 2025
Noun
  • There is a growing shortage of drivers, rising costs, and relentless demand for faster deliveries.
    Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 25 June 2025
  • To address the critical worker shortage, Massachusetts must prioritize benefits and training and improve pay for DSPs.
    Brian Cusack, Boston Herald, 25 June 2025
Noun
  • The presence of an autoimmune disease was used as a proxy for chronic inflammation in the absence of direct measurements of participants’ inflammatory markers.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 24 June 2025
  • The law also limits the deployment of armed forces beyond 90 days in the absence of a formal declaration of war. − Savannah Kuchar Why did the US strike Iran's nuclear sites?
    Susan Miller, USA Today, 24 June 2025
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“Meagerness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/meagerness. Accessed 30 Jun. 2025.

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