N-SING
少量；不足；缺乏
If you say that there is a paucity of something, you mean that there is not enough of it.
例句
Even the film's impressive finale can't hide the first hour's paucity of imagination.
這部電影的結局可圈可點，即使這樣也無法掩蓋前一個小時想象力貧乏的缺憾。
...the paucity of good British women sprinters.
英國優秀女子短跑選手的匱乏