DEARTH Synonyms: 89 Similar and Opposite Words

dearth

noun

ˈdərth

Definition of dearth

as in shortage

a falling short of an essential or desirable amount or number there was a dearth of usable firewood at the campsite

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as in lack

the fact or state of being absent the dearth of salesclerks at the shoe store annoyed us

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Recent Examples of dearth The dearth of information, paired with this week's committee firings, has left companies and policy experts grasping at straws. —Sam Sabin, Axios, 24 Jan. 2025 While American democracy is imperfect, few outside the majority of this Court would have thought its flaws included a dearth of corporate money in politics. —Liz Tracey, JSTOR Daily, 24 Jan. 2025 With a dearth of affordable rentals pre-flood, renters who lost their homes had no place to go. —Kristina P. Brant, The Conversation, 26 Feb. 2025 That’s because the selection committee looks at more than straight metrics, and the Aztecs are superior in areas like quality wins, a dearth of bad losses, strength of schedule and the relative strength of their league. —Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for dearth

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Noun

And the longer the staffing shortages persist, the longer some ATCs risk exhaustion and burnout.

— Holly Yan, CNN, 8 Mar. 2025
Some states are reviving older methods of capital punishment due to drug shortages, even as other states reconsider them entirely.

— Hannah Parry, Newsweek, 8 Mar. 2025