Dearth 1100 Words You Need Week 46 Day 2
Dearth 1100 Words You Need Week 46 Day 2
/dɜːθ/ (noun)
an insufficient amount or supply of something, paucity, lack of something, inadequacy, insufficiency, scarcity, shortage, shortfall, deficiency, sparseness, scantiness, rareness, absence, drought, famine, want
‘Alarming’ food dearth in 20 countries
A GROUP of 20 countries experienced “alarming” or “extremely alarming” levels of food shortages between 2005 and 2010 despite steady progress being made to eradicate hunger over two decades, the latest Global Hunger Index reveals.
Source: https://www.irishtimes.com/
Antonym: glut
