drought

noun3

1. •
   A period of unusually low rainfall, longer and more severe than a dry spell.

   • His village had faced a drought twice.
2. •
   A longer than expected term without success, particularly in sport.

   • Sri Lanka ended their ten-game drought with a consolation win over Bangladesh.
3. •
   (no longer used) dryness, aridness, dry heat

   • Thus I was; in the day the drought consumed me, and the frost by night; and my sleep departed from mine eyes. — 1611