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shortage

/ʃˈɔɹtʌdʒ/noun2 syllables

Shortage means: the property of being an amount by which something is less than expected or required.

Synonyms for shortage4

noun, as in the property of being an amount by which something is less than expected or required

deficit, shortfall

noun, as in an acute insufficiency

dearth, famine

What does shortage mean?2

noun

1

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”

2

an acute insufficiency

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What rhymes with shortage?1

two syllables

portage
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Shortage in a sentence

  • We have an abundance of bread, but a shortage of wine.ariarin
  • Above all, there is a shortage of flats.sundown
  • There's no shortage of good books; on the contrary, there are plenty of them.sundown
  • Bangladesh, a country of food shortage, is now exporting food.robingaspi
  • Despite a steel shortage, industrial output has increased by five per cent.sundown
  • When the car gets stuck in mud, there's no shortage of words.tieguy
  • Despite a shortage of steel, industrial output has increased by five percent.CK
  • Because of a shortage of work, half the staff was discharged.CM

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Forms of shortage

as a noun

plural
shortages