dearths

Pronounced lacks everywhere

Dearth is a noun that describes a deficit or lack of something that is needed, but not absolutely necessary to survival: The dearth of skilled welders is holding up construction projects.

abstract

voids

Emptinesses or nullifies

lacks · gaps · deficiencies · insufficiencies · paucities · wants · poverty · scantiness · rareness · inadequacies

scarcity

shortages

Insufficient quantities available

paucities · wants · absences · privations · depletions · famines · droughts · inadequacies · rarities · sparseness

economic

famines

Extreme widespread food shortages

hunger · starvation · inflation · commodities · stockpiles · imports · harvests · emergency aid · relief efforts · provisions

Opposites
quantity/availability

dearthsabundances

States of plentifulness

plethoras · surpluses · excesses · gluts · profusions

Family

dearth

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Used worldwide · Timeless · Abstract · Negative · Everyday, not technical · Rated G