Not from the stars do I my judgment pluck,And yet methinks I have astronomy;But not to tell of good or evil luck, Of plagues, of dearths , or seasons’ quality
‘For far too long, talk radio in our area has had a _dearth_ of intelligent commentators.’
2.A situation where food is in short supply.
‘ _Dearth_ was of such obvious advantage to the usurers that it was commonly believed that they used sorcery to prevent rain from falling.’
‘They believed the end of the world was at hand, and the proliferation of plagues, epidemics, disasters, _dearth_ , famine and wars was to be seen as the mark of the imminent Dissolution.’
词性:|noun|
‘there is a _dearth_ of evidence’
