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

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dearth [dəːθ] n → disette f, pénurie f

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

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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, gebrek قِلَّه، قَحْط، نَقْص липса nouze, nedostatek knaphed; mangel der Mangel έλλειψη, ανεπάρκεια escasez, falta puudus کمبود؛ کمیابی pénurie מַחֲסוֹר कमी, किल्लत, दुर्लभता, अकाल nestašica hiány kekurangan scarsità 不足 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