dearth

/dɜːθ/

Misollar

Shortly thereafter, the dearth returned to the house.
For a writer there is no dearth of detractors.
There is no dearth of good will, only of courage.
There is a dearth of available medical personnel to administer vaccines.
There is a dearth of sentences involving the word "dearth" on Tatoeba.

ot noun

A period or condition when food is rare and hence expensive; famine.
(by extension) Scarcity; a lack or short supply.
Dearness; the quality of being rare or costly.

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