1
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.
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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
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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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dearth
Noun
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Those shortages have allowed compounding pharmacies to produce and sell their own versions of GLP-1 drugs.—
Fran Kritz,
Verywell Health,
21 Mar. 2025
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Analysis by the think tank outlines how despite Putin's record spending, Russia's military industrial complex (MIC) is still beset by labor and component shortages, a collapse in arms exports and difficulties in modernizing.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
Newsweek,
21 Mar. 2025
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There are also fears that the lack of restrictions of cuts to discretionary spending means the stopgap bill could allow the Trump administration to cut administrative expenses at the agencies responsible for Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid.—
Mark Davis,
Newsweek,
14 Mar. 2025
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Zoom in: The lack of integration was most clearly seen during a blind taste test in 2023, when food service leaders from both companies tried pizza from Maverik and Kum & Go to determine which one should be used in stores moving forward.—
Linh Ta,
Axios,
14 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Lewis-Skelly has been the Premier League’s outstanding Englishman at left-back since breaking through in December (particularly in the absence of Lewis Hall) and deserves to be considered Tuchel’s primary option at that position.—
Steve Madeley,
The Athletic,
20 Mar. 2025
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More often, people make informal assessments or base it on cultural fit or like-me bias in the absence of objective metrics.—
Julie Kratz,
Forbes,
19 Mar. 2025
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“Dearth.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dearth. Accessed 26 Mar. 2025.
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