(n.) Quality or condition of being scanty.

Lenten fare austerity chinchiness chintziness daintiness dearth defalcation deficiency deficit delicacy diminutiveness exiguity exiguousness fewness inadequacy inconsequentiality inconsiderableness infrequency insignificance insufficiency jejuneness jejunity lack leanness littleness meagerness meanness minuteness miserliness moderateness narrowness paltriness parsimony paucity pettiness picayunishness pokiness poverty puniness rareness rarity restrictedness scant sufficiency scantness scarceness scarcity scrawniness scrimpiness shortage shortness skimpiness slenderness slightness slim pickings slimness smallness spareness sparseness sparsity stinginess stringency thinness tightness tininess triviality uncommonness underage undersize unimportance