scantiness (noun) scantiness: shortage
Sinonime: curtailment,
dearth, defalcation,
defect,
deficiency,
deficit,
failure,
inadequacy, insufficiency,
lack,
lapse, leanness,
paucity,
pinch,
poverty, scantness, scarceness,
scarcity,
shortcoming, shortfall, tightness, underage,
want,
weakness*