dearth (redirected from dearths)

dearth  (dûrth)

n.

1. A scarce supply; a lack: "the dearth of uncensored, firsthand information about the war" Richard Zoglin.

2. Shortage of food; famine.

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[Middle English derthe, from Old English *dorthu, costliness, from dore, costly; see dear¹.]

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dearth [dirth]

Noun

an inadequate amount; scarcity [Middle English derthe]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	dearth - an acute insufficiency               famine, shortage deficiency, lack, want - the state of needing something that is absent or unavailable; "there is a serious lack of insight into the problem"; "water is the critical deficiency in desert regions"; "for want of a nail the shoe was lost"
	2.	dearth - an insufficient quantity or number paucity scarceness, scarcity - a small and inadequate amount

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dearth

noun lack, want, need, absence, poverty, shortage, deficiency, famine, inadequacy, scarcity, paucity, insufficiency, sparsity, scantiness, exiguousness

Translations

dearth [dəːθ] n [of food, resources, money] → escasez f

dearth [dəːθ] n → disette f, pénurie f

dearth [dəːθ] n a dearth of → ein Mangel m an +dat

dearth [dəːθ] n → scarsità, carestia

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dearth

n dearth [dəːθ]

a lack of They suffer from a dearth of resources and of experienced men.skaarste, gebrekقِلَّه، قَحْط، نَقْصлипсаnouze, nedostatekknaphed; mangelder Mangelέλλειψη, ανεπάρκειαescasez, faltapuudusکمبود؛ کمیابیpénurieמַחֲסוֹרकमी, किल्लत, दुर्लभता, अकालnestašicahiánykekuranganscarsità不足stygius, trūkumastrūkumskekurangangebrek, tekort, schaarstemangel (på), knapphetniedostatek, niedobórнехваткаnedostatok, núdzapomanjkanjeoskudicabrist, knapphetความขาดแคลนyokluk, kıtlık缺乏нестача, бракکمیsự khan hiếm缺乏