Famine
Famine noun - A falling short of an essential or desirable amount or number.
Usage example: there's a famine of good general practitioners in many rural areas
Meagerness and famine are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Meagerness" instead a noun "Famine".
Nearby Word: famished
Meagerness
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Meagerness and Famine. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 15, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/famine/meagerness
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