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n. A scarce supply; a lack: "the dearth of uncensored, firsthand information about the war” ( Richard Zoglin).

n. Shortage of food; famine.

n. this sense?) A period or condition when food is rare and hence expensive; famine.

n. Scarcity; a lack or short supply.

n. Dearness; the quality of being rare or costly.

n. Scarcity which renders dear; want; lack; specifically, lack of food on account of failure of crops; famine.

n. Dearness; costliness; high price.

n. A condition of dearness or costliness from scarcity; hence, failure of production or supply; famine from failure or loss of crops.

n. Absence; lack; barrenness; poverty: as, a dearth of love; a dearth of honest men.

n. Synonyms Famine, etc. See scarcity.

To cause a dearth or scarcity in; hence, to raise the price of.

n. an acute insufficiency

n. an insufficient quantity or number

"NEW YORK — Super Bowl-winning coach Tony Dungy called the dearth of minority head coaches in major college football "disgraceful.""

deficiency    lack    want    scarcity    scarceness   

want    lack    famine    deficiency    shortage    scarcity    paucity   

Earth    Perth    Wentworth    berth    birth    earth    firth    furth    girth    mirth   

scarcity    paucity    shortage    malnutrition    privation    destitution    drought    pestilence    barrenness    famine