scantiness

He took the purse, poured the hoard into his palm, and chuckled over it as if its scantiness amused him.

The budget’s relative scantiness is as remarkable as its mere existence.

Given the scantiness of his policy proposals and seeming indifference to the details of governance, it’s not exactly clear what it all adds up to or why Mr. Trump wants to be president.

After all, perhaps the latter pair were the ones to be envied, as the heat thus engendered made the scantiness of the bedding less apparent.

O Allah! be indulgent towards its authors; excuse the extravagant audacity that urged them on in their hope of doing good, to affront such a vast subject, despite the scantiness of their knowledge.