Synonyms of the word

exiguity

• n. The quality of being meagre or scanty.

deficiency

• n. (uncountable) Inadequacy or incompleteness.
• n. (countable) An insufficiency, especially of something essential to health.
• n. (geometry) The amount by which the number of double points on a curve is short of the maximum for curves…
• n. (geometry) The codimension of a linear system in the corresponding complete linear system.

inadequacy

• n. The state of being inadequate.
• n. A shortage of required material.
• n. A lack of competence or ability.

insufficiency

• n. The lack of sufficiency; a shortage or inadequacy.

leanness

• n. The property of being lean, without excess or fat.

meagerness

• n. (US) The state of being meager.

meagreness

• n. (Britain) The state of being meagre.

poorness

• n. The quality of being poor.
• n. poverty.

scantiness

• n. (uncountable) The quality of being scanty.
• n. (countable) The result or product of being scanty.

scantness

• n. The property of being scant.