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[ durth ] / dɜrθ / SEE SYNONYMS FOR dearth ON THESAURUS.COM
nounan inadequate supply; scarcity; lack: There is a dearth of good engineers. scarcity and dearness of food; famine. Origin of dearthFirst recorded in 1200–50, dearth is from the Middle English word derthe.See dear1, -th1 SYNONYMS FOR dearth1 shortage, want, paucity, insufficiency. SEE SYNONYMS FOR dearth ON THESAURUS.COM ANTONYMS FOR dearth1 abundance, plenty, sufficiency; surplus. SEE ANTONYMS FOR dearth ON THESAURUS.COM WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH dearth1. dearth , plethora2. dearth , deathWords nearby dearthDear John, Dear John letter, dearly, dear me, dearterialization, dearth, deary, deasil, death, death adder, death and taxes, certain as Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for dearthThe Pentagon security reviewers must have been suffering a dearth of caffeine or sleep. ‘They Don’t Call It SEAL Team 6-Year-Old for Nothing’: Commandos Clash Over Tell-All Book|Kimberly Dozier|November 3, 2014|DAILY BEAST The FDA is hoping to remedy the dearth of knowledge with a plea aimed at influential drugmakers. Why Male Breast Cancer Is Back in the Limelight|Kevin Zawacki|July 16, 2014|DAILY BEAST And the dearth of top Democratic visitors could have a real impact on down-ballot Democrats. Iowa Has a Phantom Democratic Presidential Candidates Problem|Ben Jacobs|July 8, 2014|DAILY BEAST Like the people of Westeros, winter is coming and with it a dearth of Game of Thrones. ‘Game of Thrones’ Withdrawal? Watch Nickelodeon’s Fantasy Epic ‘The Legend of Korra’|David Levesley|July 1, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Despite the dearth of decent sex education, most of us could figure out what had happened. Eastside Catholic: Break the Rules All You Want, Unless You’re Gay|Scott Bixby|January 24, 2014|DAILY BEAST A dearth of all sedentary resources became, when his youth passed away, his own constant reproach. Incidentally Kansas ranks next to Nebraska in dearth of trees. How To Write Special Feature Articles|Willard Grosvenor Bleyer So intent was he upon the arrangements for his altruistic plans that the dearth of children did not receive his notice. Heart of the West|O. Henry There seemed a dearth of marriages the year before she went; the sum increased very slowly. Under the Country Sky|Grace S. Richmond But there being a dearth both of good judges and of beautiful women, I make use of a certain idea that comes into my mind. A Popular Handbook to the National Gallery, Volume I, Foreign Schools|Various
British Dictionary definitions for dearth
nounan inadequate amount, esp of food; scarcity Word Origin for dearthC13: derthe, from dēr dear Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to dearthlack, inadequacy, paucity, deficiency, absence, shortage, infrequency, scantiness, default, privation, defect, famine, scantness, poverty, want, need, miss, meagerness, rareness, sparsity |