dearth Synonyms

shortage famine paucity scarcity lack paltriness scarceness scarcement nonattendance scarce scantness scantiness rarity rareness nonexistence poverty poorness penury privation parchedness nonappearance shortness slightness dry spell shortfall exiguousness inadequateness uncommonness pennilessness undersupply skimpiness non-existence underage smattering sparseness starvation want unavailability family planning contraception sparsity shortages neediness deprivation destitution drought exiguity failure few fewness