dearth (noun)

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• dearth — ► NOUN ▪ a scarcity or lack. ORIGIN originally in the sense «dearness and shortage of food»: from DEAR(Cf. ↑dearness) + TH(Cf. ↑ th) …   English terms dictionary

• dearth — [dɜːθ ǁ dɜːrθ] noun [singular] a lack of something: • This is a critical time for small business, which faces a dearth of start up financing. opposite glut1 * * * dearth UK US /dɜːθ/ noun [S] ► a situation when there is not enough of something: » …   Financial and business terms

• dearth — [ dɜrθ ] noun singular FORMAL dearth of a situation in which there is not enough of something: LACK …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• dearth — noun Etymology: Middle English derthe, from Old English *dierth, from dēore dear Date: 13th century 1. scarcity that makes dear; specifically famine 2. an inadequate supply ; lack < a …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• dearth — noun /dɜːθ,dɝːθ/ a) A period or condition when food is rare and hence expensive; famine. I promise you, the effects he writes of succeed unhappily: as of unnaturalness between the child and the parent; death, dearth, dissolutions of ancient… …   Wiktionary

• dearth — I noun absence, caritas, deficiency, destitution, exiguity, exiguousness, impoverishment, inadequacy, inadequateness, incompleteness, indigence, inopia, insufficiency, lack, leanness, littleness, meagerness, need, paucity, penuria, penury, pinch …   Law dictionary

• dearth — mid 13c., derthe scarcity (originally used of famines, when food was costly because scarce; extended to other situations of scarcity from early 14c.), abstract noun formed from root of O.E. deore precious, costly (see DEAR (Cf. dear)) + TH (Cf.… …   Etymology dictionary

• dearth — noun (singular) formal a lack of something (+ of): problems owing to the dearth of experienced personnel …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• dearth — noun a dearth of trained specialists Syn: lack, scarcity, shortage, shortfall, want, deficiency, insufficiency, inadequacy, paucity, sparseness, scantiness, rareness; absence See note at lack Ant …   Thesaurus of popular words

• dearth — noun Syn: lack, scarcity, shortage, shortfall, deficiency, insufficiency, inadequacy, absence Ant: surfeit …   Synonyms and antonyms dictionary

• dearth — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. scarcity, lack, shortage. See insufficiency.Ant., abundance, sufficiency II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. scarcity, deficiency, scantiness, shortage; see lack 1 , poverty 2 . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus)… …   English dictionary for students