Fewness; smallness of number; scarcity; rarity.

Smallness or lower in number.

a scarcity, a lack, a small amount

a dearth of information - " Ezra supplied and then, with a long-suffering sigh, "They don't know enough, you barbarian

Smallness of quantity; exiguity; insufficiency; as, paucity of blood.

an insufficient quantity or number