What does dearth mean?
Definitions for dearth
dɜrθdearth
This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word dearth.
Princeton's WordNet
dearth, famine, shortagenoun
an acute insufficiency
dearth, paucitynoun
an insufficient quantity or number
Wiktionary
dearthnoun
A period or condition when food is rare and hence expensive; famine.
dearthnoun
Scarcity; a lack or short supply.
dearthnoun
Dearness; the quality of being rare or costly.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Dearthnoun
Etymology: from dear.
In times of dearth it drained much coin out of the kingdom, to furnish us with corn from foreign parts. Francis Bacon, to Villiers.
There have been terrible years dearths of corn, and every place is strewed with beggars; but dearths are common in better climates, and our evils here lie much deeper. Jonathan Swift.
Pity the dearth that I have pined in,
By longing for that food so long a time. William Shakespeare.Of every tree that in the garden grows,
Eat freely with glad heart; fear here no dearth. John Milton, P. L.They have brought on themselves that dearth of plot, and narrowness of imagination, which may be observed in all their plays. John Dryden, on Dramatick Poesy.
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dearth
Dearth is a scarcity or lack of something. It signifies a condition where the demand or need for something greatly surpasses its availability or supply.
Webster Dictionary
Dearthnoun
scarcity which renders dear; want; lack; specifically, lack of food on account of failure of crops; famine
Etymology: [OE. derthe, fr. dere. See Dear.]
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Dearth
dėrth, n. dearness, high price: scarcity: want: famine; barrenness.—adj. Dearth′ful (Scot.), expensive.
Surnames Frequency by Census Records
DEARTH
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Dearth is ranked #12881 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
The Dearth surname appeared 2,389 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 1 would have the surname Dearth.
96.1% or 2,297 total occurrences were White.
1.2% or 29 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
1.1% or 28 total occurrences were of two or more races.
0.6% or 15 total occurrences were Asian.
0.5% or 13 total occurrences were Black.
0.2% or 7 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.
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Anagrams for dearth »
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of dearth in Chaldean Numerology is: 3
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of dearth in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2
Examples of dearth in a Sentence
From a supply standpoint, there has also been a relative dearth of new institutional loan issuance, which, when combined with the CLO demand, has led to less volatility.
All the drugs that we currently use for migraine were found just by chance. Someone had another condition and then the drug was found to reduce their migraine, there’s a dearth of funding and studies for this. I wouldn’t turn down anything as potentially promising; it just needs to be validated.
Kill me is just an honest and knee-jerk reaction to dearth of substance.
Five Star leader Luigi Di Maio and League leader Matteo Salvini agreed that neither would be prime minister, and announced this week that they would present law professor Giuseppe Conte for approval by President Sergio Mattarella. Conte’s appointment looked in doubt, not only because of Giuseppe Conte dearth of political experience( Giuseppe Conte has never held political office), but also after The New York Times reported that Giuseppe Conte may have exaggerated Giuseppe Conte credentials, particularly Giuseppe Conte studies at New York University -- which said The New York Times had no record of Giuseppe Conte having studied there. But after a meeting with Mattarella on Wednesday, Giuseppe Conte got the nod to attempt to form a government, and promised one of change as President Sergio Mattarella emerged from the meeting at the Quirinal Palace in Rome and struck a populist tone. What is about to be born... will be the government of change, on behalf of citizens, that protects their interests, i propose to be the defense lawyer of the Italian people.
I just think action is now imperative. I know that it can just sound like this endless story of dearth and destruction, but these figures are right. They're probably worse.
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- глад, недоимък, оскъдицаBulgarian
- nedostatekCzech
- Mangel, HungersnotGerman
- hambruna, escasezSpanish
- کمبودPersian
- niukkuus, pula, nälänhätäFinnish
- pénurie, disetteFrench
- कमीHindi
- ínségHungarian
- carenza, carestia, scarsitàItalian
- 不足Japanese
- დეფიციტი, სიღარიბე, ნაკლებობა, სიმწირე, უკმარობაGeorgian
- недо́статок, глад, нема́штија, оску́дицаMacedonian
- hongersnood, schaarsteDutch
- brak, niedostatek, głódPolish
- falta, escassezPortuguese
- го́лод, дефици́т, недоста́точность, нехва́тка, ску́дность, недоста́токRussian
- knapphet, brist, hungersnödSwedish
- kulangTagalog
- 缺乏Chinese
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