dearth

  • 21dearth — [dɜːθ] noun [singular] formal a situation in which there is not enough of something Syn: lack a dearth of talented students[/ex] …

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  • 22dearth of ideas — index platitude Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

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  • 23Dearth —    A scarcity of provisions (1 Kings 17). There were frequent dearths in Palestine. In the days of Abram there was a famine in the land (Gen. 12:10), so also in the days of Jacob (47:4, 13). We read also of dearths in the time of the judges (Ruth …

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  • 24dearth — Synonyms and related words: absence, aridity, barrenness, birth control, contraception, default, defect, deficiency, dry womb, dryness, exiguity, exiguousness, family planning, famine, impotence, inadequacy, ineffectualness, infecundity,… …

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  • 25dearth — sb. [dere]. RG. 416 …

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  • 26dearth — dɜːθ n. lack, scarceness of something; scarceness of food; famine, severe food shortage …

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  • 27dearth — 1) thread 2) hatred …

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  • 28dearth — [də:θ] noun a scarcity or lack of something. Origin ME derthe (see dear, th2) …

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  • 29dearth — n. 1. Scarcity, insufficiency, deficiency, short supply. 2. Need, want, lack, famine, short commons …

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  • 30dearth — n 1. scarcity, scarceness, lack, want; deficiency, shortness, shortage, insufficiency, stint; scantiness, paucity, exiguity, meagerness, rareness; sparseness, seldomness, fewness, poorness, barrenness; depletion, exhaustion, emptiness, vacuity. 2 …

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