A period or time where there is little activity, productivity, low income etc.
A drawn-out period where the weather has been dry, for an abnormally long time; shorter and not as severe as a drought.
A period of time without sexual intercourse.
The state of being very poor, and lacking the basic necessities of life.
The act of depriving someone of such basic necessities; deprivation.
The state of being deprived of or lacking an attribute formerly or properly possessed; the loss or absence of such an attribute.