paucity(Formal)[noun]Synonyms: scarcity, dearth, deficiency, lack, rarity, scantiness, shortage, sparseness 
Related Words: fewness [TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲
 pau‧ci‧ty /ˈpɔːsəti, ˈpɔːsɪti $ ˈpɒː-/ 
 noun [singular] formal[
Date: 1300-1400; 
Language: Old French; 
Origin: paucité, from Latin, from paucus 'little']
 less than is needed of something
 Synonym : lackpaucity of a paucity of information
 a paucity of information  [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲