"scantiness" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: scantinesses [plural]
Etymology: From scanty + -ness. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|scanty|ness}} scanty + -ness Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} scantiness (countable and uncountable, plural scantinesses)
  1. (uncountable) The quality of being scanty. Tags: uncountable Synonyms (quality of being scanty): fewness Translations (quality of being scanty): exiguitās [feminine] (Latin)
    Sense id: en-scantiness-en-noun-j2YAbs8- Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ness Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 93 7 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ness: 90 10 Disambiguation of 'quality of being scanty': 92 8 Disambiguation of 'quality of being scanty': 92 8
  2. (countable) The result or product of being scanty. Tags: countable
    Sense id: en-scantiness-en-noun-N5KrIxfz
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: meagerness, scarcity, lack Synonyms (product of being scanty): dearth
Disambiguation of 'product of being scanty': 47 53

Inflected forms

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