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scantiness

English

Etymology

From scanty +? -ness

Noun

scantiness (countable and uncountable, plural scantinesses)

  1. (uncountable) The quality of being scanty.
  2. (countable) The result or product of being scanty.

Synonyms

  • (quality of being scanty): See Thesaurus:fewness
  • (product of being scanty): dearth, meagerness, scarcity; see also Thesaurus:lack

Translations

References

  • scantiness in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
  • scantiness in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

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depletion

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin depletio, depletionem, from deple?.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /d??pli???n/

Noun

depletion (countable and uncountable, plural depletions)

  1. The act of depleting, or the state of being depleted; exhaustion.
  2. The consumption of a resource faster than it can be replenished.
  3. (medicine, archaic) The act of relieving congestion or plethora, by purging, blood-letting, or reduction of the system by abstinence.

Derived terms

Related terms

  • deplete

Translations

Anagrams

  • diplotene

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