Starvation

Quick meaning: Starvation is a noun meaning A condition of severe suffering due to a lack of nutrition.

Meaning

A condition of severe suffering due to a lack of nutrition.

More Meanings

1. (figurative) Severe shortage of resources.
2. (computer science) A state where a process is perpetually denied necessary resources to process its work.

Example Sentences

Fuel starvation has several causes.

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

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.

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.

Word Forms

• starvations

Synonyms for starvation

Depending on context, synonyms include inanition, starving, famishment.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include starving, famishment, starve, famine, hunger, hungry.

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