shortage

short·age  (shôrtj)

n.

A deficiency in amount; an insufficiency.

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shortage

Noun

not enough of something needed

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 << OPPOSITE abundance

Translations

shortage [ˈʃɔːtɪdʒ] n → escasez f; falta

shortage [ˈʃɔːtɪdʒ] short n → manque m, pénurie f

shortage [ˈʃɔːtɪdʒ] short n a shortage of → ein Mangel m an +dat

shortage [ˈʃɔːtɪdʒ] n → scarsezza, carenza