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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 *dēorthu, costliness, from dēore, costly; see dear1.]
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dearth
(dɜːθ)n
an inadequate amount, esp of food; scarcity
[C13: derthe, from dēr dear]
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dearth
(dɜrθ)n.
1. a scarcity or lack.
2. famine.
[1200–50; Middle English derthe]
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Noun | 1. | dearth - 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 |
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dearth
noun lack, want, need, absence, poverty, shortage, deficiency, famine, inadequacy, scarcity, paucity, insufficiency, sparsity, scantiness, exiguousness a dearth of resources
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dearth
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Translations
قِلَّه، قَحْط، نَقْص
nedostateknouze
knaphedmangel
nälänhätä
stygiustrūkumas
trukums
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
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dearth
n → Mangel m (→ of an +dat); dearth of ideas → Gedankenarmut f; there is no dearth of young men → an jungen Männern ist or herrscht kein Mangel
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dearth
(dəːθ) noun a lack of. They suffer from a dearth of resources and of experienced men.
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