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noun a scarcity or lack of something

• The company faced a dearth of qualified candidates for the job opening.
• There's a dearth of good movies playing at the theater right now.
• I'm starving, there's a dearth of snacks in the pantry.
• His heart ached from the dearth of love in his life.

noun a restriction or control placed on something

adjective describing something that is limited or restricted

• One limitation of the study was the small sample size.
• The only limitation is that we have to finish by 5pm.
• The main limitation is that we can't go past our budget.
• Her fear of failure was a limitation that held her back from reaching her full potential.

noun a person or thing that is not able to be accessed or obtained

adjective describing something that is not able to be accessed or obtained

• The requested information is currently unavailable due to technical issues.
• I tried to reach him but he's unavailable right now.
• Sorry, that item is totally unavailable at the moment.
• Her emotions were so overwhelming that she felt completely unavailable for any kind of conversation.