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Scantiness, paucity (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

sparsity

I believe this is a double definition.

'scantiness' is the first definition.
(I know that sparsity is a type of scantiness)

'paucity' is the second definition.
(thesaurus)

(Other definitions for sparsity that I've seen before include "Low density" , "Scantiness" , "Shortness of supply" , "Thinly-scattered state" , "Thinness of occurrence" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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