drought

1. (by extension, informal) A longer than expected term without success, particularly in sport.Examples: "Sri Lanka ended their ten-game drought with a consolation win over Bangladesh."; "Kane had been going through something of a drought by his own standards. His previous England goal came 500 days ago, in a Euro 2020 qualifier against Kosovo, and his header in Tirana ended a run of 496 minutes without scoring."Synonyms: losing streakAntonyms: winning streakbroadlycountableinformaluncountable

2. (archaic) dryness, aridness, dry heatExamples: "Thus I was; in the day the drought consumed me, and the frost by night; and my sleep departed from mine eyes."; "The consequences are, that a few days of severe drought, in the early parts of summer, or even when the grain is ripening, is sometimes fatal to the crop on moss."; "The seasons most unfavourable to the crop are those of excessive drought or excessive rain."archaiccountableuncountable