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means
(noun) the use of brief expressions
brevity
means
(noun) a neatly short and concise expressive style
terseness
means
(noun) an acute insufficiency
shortage, famine, dearth
means
(noun) a small and inadequate amount
scarceness, scarcity
means
(noun) an insufficient quantity or number
paucity, dearth
means
(noun) terseness and economy in writing and speaking achieved by expressing a great deal in just a few words
pithiness, concision, conciseness, succinctness
means
(noun) the state of needing something that is absent or unavailable; "there is a serious lack of insight into the problem"; "water is the critical deficiency in desert regions"; "for want of a nail the shoe was lost"
want, deficiency, lack
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(noun) the quality of being meager; "an exiguity of cloth that would only allow of miniature capes"-George Eliot
scantness, exiguity, meagerness, poorness, meagreness, leanness, scantiness
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