ETYM Latin paucitas, from paucus few, little: cf. French paucité See Few.
1. Fewness; smallness of number; scarcity.
2. Smallnes of quantity; exiguity; insufficiency.
3. State of being few or small; scarcity; lack.

Scarcity, lack, state of being in short supply

A small and inadequate amount; SYN. scarceness.
In economics, insufficient availability of resources to satisfy wants. The use of scarce resources has an opportunity cost.

1. Amount or extent of deficiency, as determined by some requirement or standard
2. A lack.

1. The property of being of physically short.
2. The property of being of short in time.
3. The property of being shorter than average stature.
4. The property of being truncated or short; SYN. truncation.

Quality of being succinct, quality of being clear and concise, brevity

A neatly short and concise expressive style.