Starvation

Definitions

1. A condition of severe suffering due to a lack of nutrition.
   countable, uncountable
2. Severe shortage of resources.
   countable, figuratively, uncountable
3. A state where a process is perpetually denied necessary resources to process its work.
   countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“"We haven't one chance for life in a hundred thousand if we don't find⟳ food and water upon Caprona. This water coming out of the cliff is not salt; but neither is it fit to drink⟳, though each of us has drunk. It is fair to assume⟳ that inland the river is fed by pure streams, that there are fruits and herbs and game. Shall we lie⟳ out here and die⟳ of thirst and starvation with a land⟳ of plenty possibly only a few hundred yards away? We have⟳ the means for navigating a subterranean river. Are we too cowardly to utilize this means?"”

“Meanwhile, Mr. Netanyahu’s orders to resume delivery of food aid, an abrupt about-face under intense U.S. and international pressure, came as warnings of mass starvation intensify, including from within Israel’s own⟳ security establishment.”

“Fuel starvation has several causes.”

“However, if the ASE application is paged out because of memory starvation, the entire process⟳ is blocked and no useful work⟳ can be done until the required pages are brought into memory.”

“Whenever multiple threads compete⟳ for a scarce resource, there is the danger of starvation, a situation in which the thread never gets the resource.”

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