(n.) General scarcity of food; dearth; a want of provisions; destitution.

absence aridity barrenness beggary birth control contraception dearth defectiveness deficiency deficit deprivation destitution drought dry womb dryness exiguity family planning imperfection impotence impoverishment incompleteness ineffectualness infecundity infertility lack need omission paucity planned parenthood scarcity shortage shortcoming shortfall starvation sterileness sterility unfertileness unfruitfulness unproductiveness want wantage withered loins