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DEARTH

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

An insufficient quantity or number

Synonyms:

dearth; paucity

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("dearth" is a kind of...):

scarceness; scarcity (a small and inadequate amount)

Sense 2

Meaning:

An acute insufficiency

Synonyms:

dearth; famine; shortage

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("dearth" is a kind of...):

deficiency; lack; want (the state of needing something that is absent or unavailable)

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