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shortage

DEFINITIONS OF: shortage

1

n the property of being an amount by which something is less than expected or required

Synonyms:
deficit, shortfall
Types:
oxygen deficit
temporary oxygen shortage in cells resulting from strenuous exercise
Type of:
deficiency, inadequacy, insufficiency
lack of an adequate quantity or number

n an acute insufficiency

Synonyms:
dearth, famine
Type of:
deficiency, lack, want
the state of needing something that is absent or unavailable
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