dearth
IPA: dˈɝθ
noun
- A period or condition when food is rare and hence expensive; famine.
- (by extension) Scarcity; a lack or short supply.
- (obsolete) Dearness; the quality of being rare or costly.
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Examples of "dearth" in Sentences
- So far, there has been what one might call a dearth of commissions.
- If folk be scarce as food in dearth ne’er let three lots come near ye:
- Dungy calls dearth of minority head coaches in major college football 'disgraceful'
- Dungy called the dearth of minority head coaches in major college football "disgraceful."
- NEW YORK — Super Bowl-winning coach Tony Dungy called the dearth of minority head coaches in major college football "disgraceful."
- Amid a certain dearth of materials of a private kind, I do congratulate myself on having been able to use the packet of letters docketed by Sir Harry, "John Bell's and Charlie Beckwith's Letters."
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