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Meanings of dearth in English

Portuguese
fome
Catalan
fretura
Spanish
hambre

A lack or short supply.

        fome
        Usage of dearth in English
        1
        However, local climbers have long felt the area's dearth of quality rock.
        Climbing Magazine
        2
        Currently, there is a dearth of systematic research about this subject matter.
        Pubmed
        3
        As well, this dearth of investment itself is keeping interest rates low.
        Reuters
        4
        There was almost a dearth of animal life in the lonely valley.
        Vane of the Timberlands
        5
        There is a surprising dearth of real talent available in these areas.
        Reuters
        6
        Yet, there is a dearth of high-quality structural data on sub-micron films.
        Pubmed
        7
        But there is another explanation for the recent dearth of classic rom-coms.
        BBC
        8
        Beyond the dearth of quality, sensible self-care taught in science and P.E.
        Wired
        9
        In other words, the dearth of women in tech is only natural.
        Wired
        10
        There has been a dearth of recent polls on the Arizona race.
        Reuters
        11
        In this dearth of mundane satisfaction, we contract politic alliances with shadows.
        The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 2 / Elia and The Las...
        12
        There's an awful dearth of that kind of material in our Government.
        The Honorable Senator Sage-Brush
        13
        At the baker's they formed a string as in times of dearth.
        Bohemians of the Latin Quarter
        14
        The spiritual dearth was not indeed so great as that previously described.
        The Irish Race in the Past and the Present
        15
        The dearth of retail options might make her Great Neck-trained mind reel.
        Arcadia falls
        16
        So great and world-wide a dearth of high utterance attends our age.
        On The Art of Reading
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        Dearth through the time
        Dearth across language varieties
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