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Synonyms & Antonyms of scantiness
a falling short of an essential or desirable amount or number
- the scantiness of grass meant that we had to feed the cows extra hay
Synonyms for scantiness
- crunch,
- dearth,
- deficiency,
- deficit,
- drought
- (also drouth),
- failure,
- famine,
- inadequacy,
- inadequateness,
- insufficiency,
- lack,
- lacuna,
- paucity,
- pinch,
- poverty,
- scarceness,
- scarcity,
- shortage,
- undersupply,
- want
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