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Synonyms & Antonyms of famine
a falling short of an essential or desirable amount or number
- there's a famine of good general practitioners in many rural areas
Synonyms for famine
- crunch,
- dearth,
- deficiency,
- deficit,
- drought
- (also drouth),
- failure,
- inadequacy,
- inadequateness,
- insufficiency,
- lack,
- lacuna,
- paucity,
- pinch,
- poverty,
- scantiness,
- scarceness,
- scarcity,
- shortage,
- undersupply,
- want
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The first known use of famine was in the 14th century
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