scantiness

English

Etymology

From scanty +‎ -ness

Noun

scantiness (countable and uncountable, plural scantinesses)

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

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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