Shortage

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  • noun. A deficiency in amount; an insufficiency.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. A deficit; deficiency; the amount by which anything is short.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. Amount or extent of deficiency, as determined by some requirement or standard.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. a lack or deficiency
  • noun. not enough, not sufficient
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. the property of being an amount by which something is less than expected or required
  • noun. an acute insufficiency
    • Word Usage
    "At traditional Korean eateries, such as the Shinseol ox bone soup restaurant near Seoul City Hall, owner Cheon Hyeon Sook says the shortage is affecting business."
    Antonyms
    Words with the opposite meaning
    as  butter mountain  glut  in  mountain  
    cross-reference
    drought  famine  ration  rationing  
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    deficiency  lack  want  
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Portage  portage  reportage  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    allocation  availability  consumption  cost  crisis  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    absence  adulteration  arrear  arrearage  arrears  
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