Word of the Day: DEARTH
A scantness or sparsity
dearth (noun) - a scarcity, shortage, or lack [durth]
BREAKDOWN: DEAR- (precious, valuable) + -TH (state or quality)
“Too many people are hungry not because there is dearth of food. It is because there is dearth of love and care in human hearts.” —Jaggi Vasudev
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Wow. I had no idea this was related to ‘dear’.
Does that mean I need to pronounce it ‘deerth’?