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paucity

 (n): an insufficient quantity or number
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27 minutes ago Vermontster said: Academic code switch

I tell my students -- "Want in? Learn to drop 'a paucity of research in X.' You'll sound really impressive." (Dearth is last year - or last decade. Or something.)

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