| dearth definitions |
| # | Definition | Sets |
| 1 | scarcity | 168 sets |
| 2 | a lack, scarcity, inadequate supply; a famine | 152 sets |
| 3 | shortage | 73 sets |
| 4 | a lack, scarcity | 65 sets |
| 5 | an insufficient quantity or number | 45 sets |
| 6 | lack | 43 sets |
| 7 | lack; scarcity | 41 sets |
| 8 | scarce supply; lack | 39 sets |
| 9 | lack, scarcity | 36 sets |
| 10 | a lack | 33 sets |
| 11 | smallness of quantity or number; scarcity; a lack | 31 sets |
| 12 | lack, scarcity, insufficiency | 30 sets |
| 13 | (n.) a lack, scarcity, inadequate supply; a famine | 30 sets |
| 14 | a lack, a scarcity | 29 sets |
| 15 | n. a lack, a scarcity, inadequate, a famine, paucity, insufficiency | 27 sets |
| 16 | a lack, scarcity, inadequate supply, a famine | 25 sets |
| 17 | scarcity, lack | 24 sets |
| 18 | an inadequate supply; scarcity; lack | 24 sets |
| 19 | lack of | 22 sets |
| 20 | scarcity; lack | 21 sets |
| 21 | scarcity, famine | 19 sets |
| 22 | a scarce supply; a lack | 19 sets |
| 23 | a lack, a scarcity, inadequate, a famine, paucity, insufficiency | 18 sets |
| 24 | an inadequate supply | 18 sets |
| 25 | n.a lack, a scarcity, inadequate, a famine, paucity, insufficiency | 16 sets |
| 26 | a scarce supply | 16 sets |
| 27 | a lack, scarcity, insufficiency | 15 sets |
| 28 | a lack, scarcity, inadequate supply | 15 sets |
| 29 | a shortage | 14 sets |
| 30 | scarce supply | 13 sets |
| 31 | scarcity or lack | 13 sets |
| 32 | n. scarcity, as of something customary, essential ,or desirable. | 13 sets |
| 33 | a scarcity or lack | 13 sets |
| 34 | a lack or scarcity | 11 sets |
| 35 | (n.) - a lack, scarcity | 10 sets |
| 36 | insufficiency, want, paucity | 10 sets |
| 37 | scarcity, as of something customary, essential ,or desirable. | 10 sets |
| 38 | a scarcity | 9 sets |
| 39 | n. scarcity | 9 sets |
| 40 | a scarce supply; a lack; a shortage | 8 sets |