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Antonyms for exiguity
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : ig-zig-yoo-uh s, ik-sig- |
| Phonetic Transcription : ɪgˈzɪg yu əs, ɪkˈsɪg- |
Definition of exiguity
Origin :- "scanty," 1650s, from Latin exiguus "small, petty, paltry, scanty in measure or number," from exigere (see exact).
- As in lack : noun deficiency, need
- As in poverty : noun want; extreme need, often financial
- As in scarcity : noun deficiency
- As in impecuniosity : noun poverty
- As in impecuniousness : noun poverty
- As in impoverishment : noun poverty
- As in neediness : noun poverty
- As in pennilessness : noun poverty
- As in penuriousness : noun poverty
- He would rank with Wolfe; indeed, considering the exiguity of his means, his feat would surpass that of Wolfe.
- Extract from : « The Bastonnais » by John Lesperance
- The strong sonorous voice of the layman was in singular contrast with the exiguity of his thin, stunted frame.
- Extract from : « Travels in Tartary, Thibet, and China » by Evariste Regis Huc
- No lean-jowled, hungry-looking devotees, living in exiguity and droning in exinanition their prayers,––not by any means.
- Extract from : « The Book of Khalid » by Ameen Rihani
Synonyms for exiguity
- abjection
- abridgement
- absence
- aridity
- bankruptcy
- barrenness
- beggary
- curtailment
- dearth
- debt
- decrease
- default
- defect
- deficiency
- deficit
- depletion
- deprivation
- destitution
- difficulty
- distress
- drought
- emptiness
- exigency
- exiguity
- famine
- hardship
- impecuniosity
- impecuniousness
- impoverishment
- inadequacy
- indigence
- inferiority
- infrequency
- insolvency
- insufficience
- insufficiency
- lack
- loss
- meagerness
- miss
- necessitousness
- necessity
- need
- neediness
- pass
- paucity
- pauperism
- pennilessness
- penuriousness
- penury
- pinch
- poorness
- poverty
- privation
- rareness
- rarity
- reduction
- retrenchment
- scantiness
- scarcity
- shortage
- shortcoming
- shortfall
- shortness
- shrinkage
- shrinking
- slightness
- sparsity
- starvation
- stint
- straits
- stringency
- uncommonness
- underdevelopment
- vacancy
- want
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