(n.) Scarcity which renders dear; want; lack; specifically, lack of food on account of failure of crops; famine.
Example Sentences:
(1) Because of the dearth of epidemiological clues as to causation, studies with experimental animal models assume greater importance.
(2) There are no specific legislative provisions regulating sterilisation in any State or Territory in Australia and there is a dearth of general case law on the subject.
(3) Fisher, who cannot afford to live in town, said the dearth of available land made it hard for developers to find plots where they could achieve the 20% margins they generally wanted, which meant community, non-profit alternatives needed to be considered.
(4) Devolution in our over-centralised state is to be welcomed, but that it is being talked up as the platform for Labour renewal is surely a symptom of a dearth of ideas.
(5) We are reporting this case with review of literature, as there is dearth of published literature on this association of Leprosy and Tetanus.
(6) An Oxford Business School's Centre for Business Taxation survey highlighted concerns about "a particular dearth of people who have the technical expertise to deal with the challenges presented by large business".
(7) Finally, the literature revealed a dearth of controlled studies of psychosocial treatment for well defined subgroups of neurotic depression.
(8) Cost-effectiveness analysis is an economic methodology widely used to inform such decisions, yet there is a dearth of information available on the economic consequences of mass breast cancer screening.
(9) Similar data are already available from North America and surveys have been done in Scotland but there is a dearth of information from England and Wales.
(10) That October, citing the dearth of providers in west Texas, an appeals court gave the clinic permission to operate once again.
(11) Some relatives of people killed by police said they had been unaware of the dearth of publicly available information on police-involved fatalities until their family became affected.
(12) He argued that allowing the sector to be dominated by a handful of players would lead to "excess profits, poor customer service and a dearth of innovation, none of which are likely to create a stable system".
(13) But, having last year decried the dearth of Scottish comedy on the fringe , I’d better give this year’s pre-Edinburgh sketch laurels to Burnistoun (Robert Florence and Iain Connell), the well-loved BBC Scotland sketch show now following up a sell-out Glasgow run with a first appearance at the fringe.
(14) Although olfactory complaints prompt an estimated 200,000 people each year to seek medical consultation in the U.S., there is a dearth of information available in the nursing literature.
(15) News media reports and unclassified government documents showed North Korea imported large amounts of centrifuge parts in the early 2000s, Pollack said, but an apparent dearth of observed imports since then suggests that Pyongyang is making the necessary components at home.
(16) Concerns over quality have also held back growth and a dearth of commercial digital-only stations has also been a factor.
(17) Remarkable, perhaps, that the Greens are doing quite so well given the relative dearth of airtime.
(18) This dearth is especially evident among cases citing injury to the genitourinary system.
(19) Bye then went on to argue that given “the absolute dearth of information Missouri has disclosed to this court, the ‘pharmacy’ on which Missouri relies could be nothing more than a high school chemistry class.” He added: “I once again fear Missouri elevates the ends over the means in its rush to execute Taylor.” Bye’s dissent was backed by two other judges on the appeals court.
(20) California accounted for 136,826, almost a quarter of the total, reflecting high cost of living, a dearth of affordable housing and cuts in state services.