Hi guys,
Word Of the Week (WOW) is a weekly meme created by Heena Rathore P. (me.) It’s a fun way to improve one’s vocabulary by learning new words every week. If you want to participate then simply do a post with your WORD and leave the link to your post as a comment on one of my WOW post.
Word:
Dearth
Part Of Speech:
Noun
Derivatives:
None
Pronunciation:
/dəːθ/ ; [durth]
Meaning:
- A scarcity or lack of something.
- Scarcity and dearness of food; famine.
Synonyms:
Lack, scarcity, shortage, deficiency, paucity.
Antonyms:
Abundance, surfeit.
Word Origin:
Middle English derthe (see dear, -th2).
Use In Sentences:
- There is a dearth of good engineers in this city.
- Because there was a dearth of evidence, the district attorney had to drop the charges.
I hope you guys like this word and hope it’s useful to you in some or the other way! If you want to check out more words like this, then visit my page:
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34 responses to “Word Of The Week (WOW #32)”
Excellent picture choice for it, Heena.
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Thanks, Dagny 🙂
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the picture is great reflection to your words!
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Thanks, Mihran 🙂
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I hope all is well with you – I will email you shortly!
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Everything’s fine dear.
I’ll look forward to it 🙂
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My wow for this week http://wp.me/p51kmE-8k
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Thanks, Priya 🙂
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This word quite new to me, thanks for it
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You’re welcome.
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Nice word Heena. I have had a dearth of blog posts lately since I have been traveling a lot….
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Thanks, Tony! It happens with all of us once in a while, so don’t worry. Enjoy your travel!
BTW, where are you travelling?
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Just locally around the state where I live.
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Nice!
Enjoy 🙂
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My WOW for this week http://wp.me/p51kmE-8H
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Thanks, Priya 🙂
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Hence… I´d say that death and dearth might be also associated because of their meanings… thanks for teaching me a new word… best to you. Aquileana 🍃
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That’s a brilliant thought, Aquileana! thanks for sharing!
Always happy to help 🙂
Have a great day!
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My WOW for this week- Word of the Week #1 – http://wp.me/p6FuaD-1Z
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I didn’t see this comment before commenting on your WOW, so please ignore the second point I mentioned.
Thanks for the link and welcome to WOW! 🙂
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Thank you..and I’ll provide a link in my post. It’s just that I didn’t knew that before. Sorry!
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No worries dear. I knew that, that’s why I thought of letting you know 🙂
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Yeah, I’ll keep that in mind when I’ll write it next week. 🙂
And it is really a good meme because I get to know a new word every week.
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Thanks. Even I’ve learned a lot of new words through WOW.
Anyway, I was checking out your About Me page but seems like you haven’t updated it yet. I was wondering where are you from? BTW, I’m from Pune.
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Yeah, I haven’t updated it. Call it laziness or studies!
I am a Maharashtraisn but I live in Bhopal.
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What a coincidence. I’m from Dewas (industrial town near Indore) and live in Pune. hehe!
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😀 yes, what a coincidence!
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