scantiness in English
noun
['scant·i·ness || 'skæntɪnɪs]
lack, state of being in short supply, scarcity
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1. 19 And because of the scantiness of provisions among the robbers; for behold, they had nothing save it were meat for their subsistence, which meat they did obtain in the wilderness;
2. Abstemiousness: 1 n moderation in eating and drinking Type of: moderation , temperance the trait of avoiding excesses n restricted to bare necessities Type of: exiguity , leanness , meagerness , meagreness , poorness , scantiness , scantness the quality of being meager