0 the fact that there is too little of something: --
There is a paucity of information on the ingredients of many cosmetics.
1 the condition of having very little or not enough of something: --
The authorities had to cope with the paucity of information about the effects of the storm.
Note also the paucity of sites where precipitation and soils are more propitious.
Even for deliveries in primary health centres, there is often a paucity of suitable weighing scales.
Recent textile research has shown, however, that a paucity of preserved whorls cannot be taken to indicate a corresponding lack of woven cloth.
There is a paucity of case study material which examines older people working for a particular employer over a decade or more.
Readers from a musicological background may feel frustrated with the discursive focus of the text and the relative paucity of musical examples.
However, there is as yet a relative paucity of research into effective treatments for delirium, or interventions for delirium prevention.
American planners were hindered by the paucity of up-to-date information and even the bare facts of the geography of the islands.
These people are every year compelled by paucity of food to resort in great numbers to the plains.
