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# The Good Oil Word of the Day
- URL: https://goodoil.news/the-good-oil-word-of-the-day-712/
- Published: 2026-07-30T18:15:58.000Z
- Updated: 2026-07-30T18:15:57.000Z
- Author: David Theobald
- Tags: General, Word of the Day

The word for today is…

paucity (noun) -

1: smallness of number : fewness  
2: smallness of quantity : dearth

Source : [Merriam-Webster](https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/paucity?ref=goodoil.news)

Etymology : Paucity refers to "littleness" in numbers (as in "a paucity of facts") or quantity ("a paucity of common sense"). The word comes from paucus, Latin for "little."

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