dearth
noun
an inadequate supply; scarcity; lack.
dearths
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pluralof dearth.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Old timber towns with shuttered mills, flood-soaked cities and rural areas left off high-speed broadband networks suffered dearths of economic opportunity, even as Puget Sound’s largest cities flourished with explosive tech growth.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 6, 2021
In attempting his salvation, by proffering advice to the "broken-hearted," he respectfully but firmly-131- declined; deliberately preferring old-bachelorship, with all its dearths, of which he seemed fully conscious.
From Social Life or, The Manners and Customs of Polite Society by Maud C. Cooke
No doubt in this case and in all others, many checks concur, and different checks under different circumstances; periodical dearths, depending on unfavourable seasons, being probably the most important of all.
From The Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex, Vol. I by Charles Darwin
The frequency of local dearths, and the diversity and fluctuation of prices, were thus extreme.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 4 "Coquelin" to "Costume" by Various
There is no vermin in the land like him: he slanders both heaven and earth with pretended dearths when there is no cause of scarcity.
From Character Writings of the 17th Century by Various
