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dearthful

dearthful adjective: involving a dearth or lack; barren.

Adjective

dearthful (comparative more dearthful, superlative most dearthful)

  1. Involving a dearth or lack; barren.
  2. (Scotland, obsolete) Expensive.

Forms of dearthful

comparativemore dearthful
superlativemost dearthful

Origin of dearthful

From dearth + -ful.

Questions about dearthful

What does dearthful mean?
Dearthful means involving a dearth or lack; barren.
What part of speech is dearthful?
Dearthful is an adjective.

Words near dearthful in the dictionary

  1. dearsome
  2. dearterialization
  3. dearterializations
  4. dearterialize
  5. dearth
  6. dearthful
  7. dearthier
  8. dearths
  9. dearthy
  10. dearticulate
  11. dearticulated

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