scantiness
Example Sentences
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The scantiness of news from the Western Front last week caused some people to ask if the Allies were only "shadow boxing."
From Time Magazine Archive
Religious Hoax No matter what the scantiness of news may be, newspapers these days almost never publish a hoax.
From Time Magazine Archive
It made a notable addition to Hopper's hard comments on the loneliness and scantiness of a lot of city life�paintings that bite deeper than propaganda pictures of the "social-consciousness" school ever could.
From Time Magazine Archive
Last week some New York University students who work as "campus" correspondents for the local dailies were be wailing the scantiness of university news.
From Time Magazine Archive
He took the purse, poured the hoard into his palm, and chuckled over it as if its scantiness amused him.
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë
Vocabulary lists containing scantiness
Paltry Parlance: Synonyms for "Few"
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The Wealth of Nations
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The Suffix -ness, Part 4
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