dearth
an inadequate supply; scarcity; lack: There is a dearth of good engineers.
scarcity and dearness of food; famine.
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How to use dearth in a sentence
While the national team has a wealth of attacking players, many of whom are performing at high levels in Europe, there is a dearth of strikers.
Matthew Hoppe was a little-known American soccer player — until he reached the Bundesliga | Steven Goff | February 11, 2021 | Washington PostPresident Barack Obama’s Administration inherited this unfortunate state of affairs, but the public bristled at the dearth of criminal convictions for high-level corporate executives in the wake of that financial crisis.
A Crime Epidemic Has Cost Americans Billions. Why Aren't More People Paying Attention? | Ankush Khardori | January 27, 2021 | TimeSo steady has Beekman been this season that he has started seven games despite a dearth of experience at the college level.
Virginia is in a familiar spot at the top of the ACC, thanks to an uncommon scoring surge | Gene Wang | January 21, 2021 | Washington PostAs a maternal-fetal medicine specialist, helping pregnant people navigate this dearth of research was part of Parchem’s job even before the pandemic.
With Little Data to Guide Them, Pregnant Health Care Workers Are Stepping Up to Get Vaccinated Against COVID-19 | Jamie Ducharme | January 21, 2021 | TimeI have friends who complain daily about the dearth of available dating options.
Carolyn Hax: With all of her boyfriend’s bull, should she steer clear of him? | Carolyn Hax | January 21, 2021 | Washington Post
The 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 | THE DAILY BEASTThe FDA is hoping to remedy the dearth of knowledge with a plea aimed at influential drugmakers.
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 | THE DAILY BEASTLike 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 | THE DAILY BEASTDespite 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 | THE DAILY BEASTShe had been confined to the house a month, and there had been, as a natural consequence, a great dearth of news.
The World Before Them | Susanna MoodieThe mills, with their dyes and dirt, are also responsible for the dearth of trout.
Angling Sketches | Andrew LangGreat wealth cannot still hunger, but rather occasions more dearth, for where rich people are there things are always dear.
The World's Greatest Books, Vol X | VariousI have the honor to enclose the last gazettes, by which Congress will see the dearth of news in Europe at present.
A dearth of all sedentary resources became, when his youth passed away, his own constant reproach.
Camilla | Fanny Burney
British Dictionary definitions for dearth
/ (dɜːθ) /
an inadequate amount, esp of food; scarcity
Origin of dearth
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