Vocabulary
Dearth
English and Urdu gloss, synonyms and antonyms, and example usage from our editorial sentence cache where available.
English meaning
a scarcity or lack of something.
Urdu meaning
افلاس، گرامی، کمی
Example sentences (from Dawn)
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- How is it that Pakistan`s elite, with their wealth stashed abroadbutwho pretendto`liveinPakistan`, are judged as truly Pakistani when imm-igrant artists, who left home because of a dearth of opportunities, are `lesser` Pakistanis?
- But the question is: is it fair to ask Arshad to deliver every time he steps on the global stage, given the dearth of facilities and opportunities for him?
- Such reports are an indictment of a relief system undermined by inef ficiency, complacency and a dearth of oversight.
- Pakistan has no dearth of plans; it has a dearth of priorities.
- And while Pakistan is confident the conflict ended while it was ahead, there is no dearth of views on the other side of the border which are also celebrating success.
Synonyms
lack, scarcity, scarceness, shortage, shortfall, want, deficiency, insufficiency
Antonyms
abundance, surfeit
Curator example
“there is a dearth of evidence”
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