disette

Definitions of disette
  1. noun
    an insufficient quantity or number
    synonyms: pénurie
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    type of:
    manque, pénurie
    a small and inadequate amount
  2. noun
    an acute insufficiency
    synonyms: faim, famine, pénurie
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    type of:
    besoin, manque, pénurie
    the state of needing something that is absent or unavailable
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