exiguity

noun

1. (uncountable, usually)The quality of being meagre or scanty.

   “The exiguity and ſmallneſſe of ſome ſeeds extending to large productions is one of the magnalities of nature, ſomewhat illuſtrating the work of the Creation, and vaſt production from nothing.”

   “Of the nature of Mr. Knott himself Watt remained in particular ignorance. Of the many excellent reasons for this, two seemed to Watt to merit mention: on the one hand the exiguity of the material propounded to his senses, and on the other the decay of these.”

   “We have yet to treat the exiguity of the accounting framework and this exiguity draws away the interest to any empirical utilisation.”

   “However, despite its exiguity, the vicarage did maintain an independent existence as a benefice, and the College continued to make presentations to the bishop of Worcester.”

   “Some undertakings, however, required so much manpower that farmers had to recruit their neighbors. […] These collaborations integrated the neighborhood and established it as more than a mere locality where farmers happened to live. They were one means by which to rise above exiguities and weather the turbulences in a precarious world.”