dearth

  1. Noun.  (rfc-sense) A period or condition when food is rare and hence expensive; famine.
  2. Noun.  (context, by extension) Scarcity; a lack or short supply.
  3. Noun.  (obsolete) Dearness; the quality of being rare or costly.

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