I'm looking to use another word in place of "little opportunity," but can't seem to think of one. Any suggestions?
They left the country to escape the little opportunity.
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2How about scarcity, little prospects, meagreness?– Trusha_PatelFeb 27, 2021 at 3:33
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"escape the little opportunity" is awkward. "Finding it a place of little opportunity, they left the country" OR "The country offered (them) no prospect of work/success/... and they left" might be better.– Old BrixtonianFeb 27, 2021 at 6:27
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“escape the little opportunity” is not English.– XanneFeb 27, 2021 at 8:28
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@Trusha_Patel: We might "escape the scarcity of" something, or the "meagreness of the" something, but we don't "escape the little prospects".– Old BrixtonianFeb 27, 2021 at 10:02
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I would escape the lack of opportunities.
"They left the country to escape the lack of opportunities."
"They left the country to escape the scant opportunity (ies).
Google search: Scant - barely sufficient or adequate, as in "companies with scant [little] regard for the safety of future generations"
Middle English as a noun, "scant supply, scarcity," from Old Norse. As a verb and adverb from mid-15c (https://www.etymonline.com/word/scant).
You use scant to indicate that there is very little of something or not as much of something as there should be. She began to berate the police for paying scant attention to the theft from her car. If you describe an amount as scant, you are emphasizing that it is small (https://dictionary.reverso.net/english-cobuild/scant+opportunities).
We can use only a little opportunity in place of 'little opportunity'.
only a little= little
Little is negative. It has a negative idea. Little means 'not much'.
Little opportunity= not much opportunity, not enough opportunity
We can also use little chance, not much opportunity, not enough opportunity etc.
answered Feb 23, 2022 at 5:38
