shortage

short·age  (shôrtj)

n.

A deficiency in amount; an insufficiency.

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shortage [ˈʃɔːtɪdʒ]

n

a deficiency or lack in the amount needed, expected, or due; deficit

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	shortage - the property of being an amount by which something is less than expected or required; "new blood vessels bud out from the already dilated vascular bed to make up the nutritional deficit" deficit, shortfall inadequacy, deficiency, insufficiency - lack of an adequate quantity or number; "the inadequacy of unemployment benefits" oxygen deficit - temporary oxygen shortage in cells resulting from strenuous exercise
	2.	shortage - an acute insufficiency               dearth, famine deficiency, lack, want - the state of needing something that is absent or unavailable; "there is a serious lack of insight into the problem"; "water is the critical deficiency in desert regions"; "for want of a nail the shoe was lost"

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shortage

noun deficiency, want, lack, failure, deficit, poverty, shortfall, inadequacy, scarcity, dearth, paucity, insufficiency There's no shortage of ideas.
excess, surplus, abundance, plethora, sufficiency, profusion, surfeit, adequate amount, overabundance

Translations

shortage [ˈʃɔːtɪdʒ] N

1. (= lack) → escasez f, falta f
a water shortage → escasez or falta de agua
shortage of staff → escasez or falta de personal
the housing shortage → la crisis de la vivienda
there is no shortage of advice → no es que falten consejos, no faltan los consejos

2. (= state of deficiency) → escasez f
in times of shortage → en las épocas de escasez

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shortage [ˈʃɔː^rtɪdʒ] n [food, supplies, funds, resources, staff, ideas] → manque m, pénurie f
a water shortage → une pénurie d'eau
a shortage of sth → un manque de qch, une pénurie de qch
a shortage in sth → un manque de qch, une pénurie de qch
short back and sides short-back-and-sides (British) n → coupe f dégagée derrière et sur les côtés

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shortage

n (of goods, objects) → Knappheit f no pl (→ of an +dat); (of people) → Mangel m no pl (→ of an +dat); the housing shortage → die Wohnungsknappheit; a shortage of staff → ein Mangel m → an Arbeitskräften, ein Personalmangel m; in times of shortage → in Zeiten der Knappheit; there are always shortages → irgendetwas ist immer knapp; there’s no shortage of advice → es fehlt nicht an guten Ratschlägen

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shortage [ˈʃɔːtɪdʒ] n → carenza, scarsità f inv
the housing shortage → la crisi degli alloggi

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shortage → عجز nedostatek mangel Knappheit ανεπάρκεια escasez pula pénurie nestašica carenza 不足 부족 tekort mangel niedobór escassez дефицит brist การขาดแคลน yokluk sự thiếu 短缺