Conversely, critics contend that the paucity of rigorous scientific substantiation supporting the efficacy of many alternative therapies presents substantial risks.
Boosted by a paucity of campaigning because of covid-19, the 90-minute, ad-free event in Cleveland was watched by an estimated 80m, over half the electorate.
But because we don't have that many settlements — either because they weren't dug or because people are still living on them, we really have a paucity of evidence.
Even during last year's energy crisis, Germany's much-lauded Mittelstand—smallish firms that are often world leaders in their niche—cited a paucity of suitable workers as their most pressing concern.
Drier periods and hotter weather often combine to create the ideal conditions for large, destructive fires: tinder-dry vegetation ready to burn, and a paucity of fire-dousing rain.