1 an amount of something that is too small: a lack:
The region is suffering from a dearth of medical specialists.
2 a situation when there is not enough of something:
Human Resources managers complain that there is a dearth of talented candidates.
The study of linguistic change has always been hampered by the dearth of appropriate real-time data reflecting earlier stages.
Others mentioned isolation and lack of support in the specialty as well as the dearth of role models.
There is also no dearth of commentary on the interpretations of the lessons of this epic poem.
There is a general dearth of literature on the implications of imported inputs for the customs union theory.
Contemporaries and historians alike have noted the correlation between dearth and crime.
However, there was a dearth of evidence about these broader determinants and associated interventions, except in areas such as smoking cessation programs.
In view of the relative dearth of data we have kept these models as simple as possible and ignored potentially important factors such as gender.
As previously mentioned, there are many examples of exotic species found in disturbed tropical forests, and a dearth of such examples from undisturbed tropical forests.
