Dearth - English meaning

noun

A lack or shortage.

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Deficiencies in material resources

Lack of an adequate quantity or number

noun

The lack of something that is needed in order to meet a particular standard or level of quality, or the thing that is lacking

Usage examples:

[ u ] many women suffer from iron deficiency.

noun

Poverty so extreme that one lacks the means to provide for oneself.

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The family faced eviction and destitution

noun

The state of being without money, food, a home, or possessions

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Destitution has become a major problem in the capital., they both died in poverty and destitution.

abbreviation

Drachm or drachms.

abbreviation

Debit.

noun

A unit of weight formerly used by apothecaries, equivalent to 60 grains or one eighth of an ounce.

noun

Extreme scarcity of food.

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Drought resulted in famine throughout the region

noun

An extreme lack of food in a region, causing suffering and death

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[ u ] widespread famine was reported in the region.

noun

The state or quality of being inadequate; lack of the quantity or quality required.

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The inadequacy of available resources

noun

The fact that something is not good enough or is too small in amount

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Economic growth is hindered by the inadequacies of the public transport system., the inadequacy of …

noun

The fact of not happening very often

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We had to stay overnight here because of the infrequency of buses and trains to montreal., i was su…

noun

The condition of being insufficient.

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Insufficiency of adequate housing

noun

The fact of not being enough

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Sometimes we blame all our problems on an insufficiency of money., pancreatic insufficiency is asso…

noun

The state of being without or not having enough of something.

Usage examples:

There is no lack of entertainment aboard ship

verb

Be without or deficient in.

Usage examples:

The novel lacks imagination

noun

Lack of quantity or quality; inadequacy.

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Job satisfaction eclipses the meagreness of income

noun

The presence of something in only small or insufficient quantities or amounts.

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A paucity of information

noun

The condition of having very little or not enough of something

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The authorities had to cope with the paucity of information about the effects of the storm.

noun

A state in which food and other essentials for well-being are lacking.

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Years of rationing and privation

noun

A lack of the basic things that are necessary for an acceptable standard of living

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Economic privation is pushing the poor towards crime., several villages suffered serious privations…

noun

The quality of being very unusual and not at all common

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The main attraction of this butterfly is its rareness., with the rareness of their son's disease, t…

noun

The quality of being small or insufficient in quantity or amount.

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Problems because of the scantiness of reliable information

noun

The state of being scarce or in short supply; shortage.

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A time of scarcity

noun

A state or situation in which something needed cannot be obtained in sufficient amounts.

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A shortage of hard cash

noun

A lack of something needed

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There is a severe shortage of low-cost housing in the city.

noun

A situation in which there is less of something than people want or need

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A shortage of sth new orleans is suffering from an acute shortage of housing., california faces a s…

noun

A deficit of something required or expected.

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They are facing an expected $10 billion shortfall in revenue

noun

An amount that is less than what was expected or needed

Usage examples:

The county had to close three of its four libraries because of a budget shortfall.

noun

The difference between the amount of something, especially money, that you have and the amount that you need

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A shortfall of sth the state is facing a budget shortfall of $1.75 billion for the fiscal year., a …

noun

The fact of being small in number or amount, often spread over a large area

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The sparseness of the population made it impracticable to provide separate schools for boys and gir…

noun

The state of being rare or unusual.

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The relative uncommonness of the name

verb

Have a desire to possess or do (something); wish for.

Usage examples:

I want an apple

noun

A lack or deficiency of something.

Usage examples:

Victorian houses which are in want of repair

The state of needing something that is absent or unavailable