dearth

dearth [noun]: scarcity; non-availability, lack.

Example: The project had to be discontinued because of a dearth of funds.

Synonyms: absence, deficiency, exiguousness, inadequacy, lack, meagerness, non-availability, paucity, poverty, scantiness, scantness, shortage, sparsity

Antonyms: abundance, availability, excess, plenitude, plentifulness, plenty, sufficiency

Tags: GRE

Category: Vocabulary words

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