" paucity "

1: a falling short of an essential or desirable amount or number;

  * e.g., " ... a paucity of useful answers to the problem of traffic congestion at rush hour "

•  Synonyms : 

•  crunch,

•  dearth,

•  deficiency,

•  deficit,

•  drought,

•  failure,

•  famine,

•  inadequacy,

•  inadequateness,

•  insufficiency,

•  lack,

•  lacuna,

•  pinch,

•  poverty,

•  scantiness,

•  scarceness,

•  scarcity,

•  shortage,

•  undersupply,

•  want

•  Antonyms : 

•  abundance,

•  adequacy,

•  amplitude,

•  opulence,

•  plenitude,

•  plenty,

•  sufficiency,

•  wealth