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dearth
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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.

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

dearth [dirth]
Noun
an inadequate amount; scarcity [Middle English derthe]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.dearthdearth - an acute insufficiency              
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
scarceness, scarcity - a small and inadequate amount

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

dearth [dəːθ] ndisette f, pénurie f

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

dearth [dəːθ] nscarsità, carestia

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 (), knapphet niedostatek, niedobór нехватка nedostatok, núdza pomanjkanje oskudica brist, knapphet ความขาดแคลน yokluk, kıtlık 缺乏 нестача, брак کمی sự khan hiếm


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