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Definitions

exiguity

[eg-zuh-gyoo-uh-tee, ek-suh-] / ˌɛg zəˈgyu ə ti, ˌɛk sə- /

NOUN

impecuniosity

Synonyms

WEAK

abjection aridity bankruptcy barrenness beggary dearth debt deficiency deficit depletion destitution difficulty distress emptiness famine hardship impecuniousness impoverishment inadequacy indigence insolvency insufficiency lack meagerness necessitousness necessity need neediness pass paucity pauperism pennilessness penuriousness penury pinch poorness privation reduction scarcity shortage starvation straits underdevelopment vacancy want

NOUN

impecuniousness

Synonyms

STRONG

abjection aridity bankruptcy barrenness beggary dearth debt deficiency deficit depletion destitution difficulty distress emptiness famine hardship impoverishment inadequacy indigence insolvency insufficiency lack meagerness necessity need neediness pass paucity pauperism pennilessness penuriousness penury pinch poorness privation reduction scarcity shortage starvation straits underdevelopment vacancy want

WEAK

impecuniosity necessitousness

Antonyms

STRONG

abundance adequacy advantage affluence benefit blessing comfort ease enough excess fill lot pleasure plenty profit satisfaction sufficiency surplus wealth

NOUN

impoverishment

Synonyms

STRONGEST

depletion famine hardship insolvency privation scarcity starvation underdevelopment

STRONG

abjection aridity bankruptcy barrenness beggary dearth debt deficiency deficit destitution difficulty distress emptiness impecuniousness inadequacy indigence insufficiency lack meagerness necessity need neediness pass paucity pauperism pennilessness penuriousness penury pinch poorness reduction shortage straits vacancy want

WEAK

impecuniosity necessitousness

Antonyms

STRONG

abundance adequacy advantage affluence comfort enough excess fill lot pleasure plenty satisfaction sufficiency wealth

NOUN

lack

Synonyms

STRONGEST

absence dearth inadequacy loss paucity poverty reduction scarcity shortage shortcoming shortfall

STRONG

abridgement curtailment decrease default defect deficit depletion deprivation destitution distress exigency inferiority insufficiency meagerness miss necessity privation retrenchment scantiness shortness shrinkage shrinking slightness stint want

WEAK

insufficience

Antonyms

STRONGEST

abundance affluence enough excess plenty success sufficiency

STRONG

addition advantage enlargement expansion increase perfection

WEAK

extra lot plethora profusion surplus

NOUN

neediness

Synonyms

STRONG

abjection aridity bankruptcy barrenness beggary dearth debt deficiency deficit depletion destitution difficulty distress emptiness famine hardship impecuniousness impoverishment inadequacy indigence insolvency insufficiency lack meagerness necessity need pass paucity pauperism pennilessness penuriousness penury pinch poorness privation reduction scarcity shortage starvation straits underdevelopment vacancy want

WEAK

impecuniosity necessitousness

Antonyms

STRONG

abundance adequacy advantage affluence benefit blessing comfort ease enough excess fill lot pleasure plenty profit satisfaction sufficiency surplus wealth

NOUN

pennilessness

Synonyms

STRONG

abjection aridity bankruptcy barrenness beggary dearth debt deficiency deficit depletion destitution difficulty distress emptiness famine hardship impecuniousness impoverishment inadequacy indigence insolvency insufficiency lack meagerness necessity need neediness pass paucity pauperism penuriousness penury pinch poorness privation reduction scarcity shortage starvation straits underdevelopment vacancy want

WEAK

impecuniosity necessitousness

Antonyms

STRONG

abundance adequacy advantage affluence benefit blessing comfort ease enough excess fill lot pleasure plenty profit satisfaction sufficiency surplus wealth

NOUN

penuriousness

Synonyms

STRONG

abjection aridity bankruptcy barrenness beggary dearth debt deficiency deficit depletion destitution difficulty distress emptiness famine hardship impecuniousness impoverishment inadequacy indigence insolvency insufficiency lack meagerness necessity need neediness pass paucity pauperism pennilessness penury pinch poorness privation reduction scarcity shortage starvation straits underdevelopment vacancy want

WEAK

impecuniosity necessitousness

Antonyms

STRONG

abundance adequacy advantage affluence benefit blessing comfort ease enough excess fill lot pleasure plenty profit satisfaction sufficiency surplus wealth

NOUN

poverty

Synonyms

STRONGEST

bankruptcy debt deficit difficulty famine hardship lack scarcity shortage starvation underdevelopment

STRONG

abjection aridity barrenness beggary dearth deficiency depletion destitution distress emptiness impecuniousness impoverishment inadequacy indigence insolvency insufficiency meagerness necessity pass paucity pauperism pennilessness penury pinch poorness privation reduction straits vacancy

WEAK

necessitousness

Antonyms

STRONGEST

abundance ease enough excess plenty profit surplus

STRONG

adequacy advantage affluence fill sufficiency wealth

WEAK

luxury richness

NOUN

scarcity

Synonyms

STRONGEST

dearth drought famine inadequacy insufficiency lack paucity shortage

STRONG

infrequency rareness rarity scantiness sparsity stringency uncommonness want

Antonyms

STRONGEST

abundance enough excess plenty sufficiency

WEAK

commonness surplus

Example Sentences

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One does not contrast the exiguity of a pint of nitric acid in an engraver's studio with the hundreds of gallons of water in the cisterns of his house.

From The Free Press by Belloc, Hilaire

Although the exiguity of the vessel forbids inclusion of all these stories, yet the Committee wish to record them as worthy of preservation under covers.

From O. Henry Memorial Award Prize Stories of 1919 by Various

I admit, I am not a mere anatomy, I am not a mere hungry, lean-faced, lantern-jawed, hollow-eyed, sallow-cheeked, vulture-beaked, over-dressed exiguity, like—well, mark you, I name no names.

From The Lady Paramount by Harland, Henry

His jaw fell; there was a remarkable exiguity about the coat which was inexplicable.

From Stories by English Authors: The Orient (Selected by Scribners) by Roberts, Morley

He turned to find her dabbing her eyes with a couple of square inches of chiffon which, in spite of its exiguity, had smeared the powder on her face.

From The Mountebank by Locke, William John

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