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 [dɜːθ]

n

an inadequate amount, esp of food; scarcity

[derthe, from dēr dear]

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 a dearth of resources

Translations

dearth [dɜːθ] N [of food, resources, money] → escasez f; [of ideas] → carencia f

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dearth [ˈdɜː^rθ] n (= lack) [information, evidence, ability] → manque m

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dearth

n → Mangel m (→ of an +dat); dearth of ideas → Gedankenarmut f; there is no dearth of young men → an jungen Männern ist or herrscht kein Mangel

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dearth [dɜːθ] n (of food, resources, ideas, money) → penuria, mancanza

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dearth [dɜːθ] n (of food, resources, ideas, money) → penuria, mancanza

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dearth

n dearth [dəːθ]

a lack of They suffer from a dearth of resources and of experienced men. skaarste, gebrek قِلَّه، قَحْط، نَقْص липса nouze, nedostatek knaphed; mangel der Mangel έλλειψη, ανεπάρκεια escasez, falta puudus کمبود؛ کمیابی puute pénurie מַחֲסוֹר कमी, किल्लत, दुर्लभता, अकाल nestašica hiány kekurangan scarsità 不足 부족 stygius, trūkumas trūkums kekurangan gebrek, tekort, schaarste mangel (på), knapphet niedostatek, niedobór нехватка nedostatok, núdza pomanjkanje oskudica brist, knapphet ความขาดแคลน yokluk, kıtlık 缺乏 нестача, брак کمی sự khan hiếm 缺乏