"dearthy" meaning in English

See dearthy in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˈdɜː.θi/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈdɝθi/ [General-American] Forms: dearthier [comparative], more dearthy [comparative], dearthiest [superlative], most dearthy [superlative]
Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)θi Etymology: From dearth + -y. Etymology templates: {{suf|en|dearth|-y|id2=adjectival}} dearth + -y Head templates: {{en-adj|er|more}} dearthy (comparative dearthier or more dearthy, superlative dearthiest or most dearthy)
  1. Marked by dearth; exhibiting scarcity, paucity, or lack. Synonyms: lacking, scarce, wanting
    Sense id: en-dearthy-en-adj-3vNjlOtr Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -y (adjectival)

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "1856, Jean Calvin, translated by Henry Cole, Calvin's Calvinism",
          "text": "In such a day as this, many a “little sanctuary” or worshipping knot of God's people (Ezek.11.16) may find the loved and deeply experienced Luther calculated, though dead, still to speak to their souls, through this his grand Testimony, more profitably, than many, or perhaps any, ministers they may be able to procure, in this dreary and dearthy last half of the nineteenth century.",
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          "text": "The dearth of new British cars grows dearthier.",
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          "ref": "1971, Lawrence Lipsitz, Technology and Education, page 43",
          "text": "When the day of the cheap computer arrives, the problem of materials-dearth will only get dearthier because educational technology is still a writer's craft no matter what the medium of presentation is. So, where are the writers?",
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