Stephen A. Smith

I realize there is a paucity of African-Americans in my position. Everywhere I go, people say, 'Don't mess this up. Don't forget about us.' You feel a tremendous responsibility, not to take the black side of things but to make sure that side gets heard, because if I don't do it, who's going to do it?

American Journalist

Amarinder Singh

Punjab makes up 2 per cent of India's population and yet it produces 40 per cent of the nation's food pool. Even now, if tomorrow there is famine, it will be the Punjabi farmer who saves you. So, don't rely on the plenty of today, there may be a paucity tomorrow. Don't write Punjab off.

Indian Politician

George Hickenlooper

There's been a vacuum with movies that people can relate to. There's been a paucity of dramas that people can relate to. I think audiences are clamoring to connect - particularly after 9/11 - with things that are genuine and real and I think documentaries are filling that need.

American Director

Charles Stross

The paucity of near-future U.S. scifi is about the country becoming pessimistic, not being able to see the future clearly. There's a trend in U.S. scifi towards militarism and far-future stuff.

British Writer

F. Sionil Jose

The ethnic differences among Filipinos are very real. The paucity of arable land, for instance, explains the industry of the Ilokanos and the Cebuanos.

Filipino Writer

Lionel Shriver

Letting ourselves down in some fashion is such an integral part of daily life that the paucity of literature on the subject is baffling.

Sarah Weinman

The abundance of Roman historical mysteries contrasts with the surprising paucity of crime novels set in classical Greece.

Norman Mailer

The horror of the Twentieth Century was the size of each new event, and the paucity of its reverberation.

American Novelist

Tony Kushner

Theater really gets damaged when there is a paucity of good criticism around.

American Playwright

Nigel Hawthorne

I'm somebody who has a paucity of confidence as a person.

English Actor

Use 'paucity' in academic or formal writing to describe a lack in quantity or number.

Context Matters

'Paucity' often refers to intangible things, like qualities or conditions, not just physical items.

Abstract Concepts

'Paucity' emphasizes a problematic or insufficient amount, often suggesting concern or a need for more.

Negative Emphasis

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 We've been forced to recognize the paucity, the inadequacy of our data sets. And humans are trained on data sets too. We've had to recognized the unacknowledged ideologies