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short, shortfall, shorted, shorting
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| shortage (Noun) — | The amount by which something is less than expected or required 1 example |
| 1. ex. «new blood vessels bud out from the already dilated vascular bed to make up the nutritional shortage» | |
| shortage (Noun) — | An acute insufficiency |
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blemish, dearth, defect, deficiency, deficit, en.synonym.one, demand, destitution, drawback, exigency, famine, flaw, inadequacy, insufficiency, lack, necessity, need, requirement, scarcity, shortfall, want.
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On this page you’ll find 49 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to shortage, such as: dearth, deficit, failure, lack, poverty, and scarcity.
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SYNONYM OF THE DAY
OCTOBER 26, 1985
WORDS RELATED TO SHORTAGE
- absence
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deficit, shortage, shortfallnoun
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»
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shortfall, deficit, dearth, famine -
dearth, famine, shortagenoun
an acute insufficiency
Synonyms:
shortfall, deficit, dearth, paucity, famine
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- Insufficiency
- Lack
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List of paraphrases for «shortage»:
scarcity, shortages, lack, shortfall, dearth, paucity, deficit, inadequacy, deficiency, insufficiency, insufficient, shortcoming, absence, penury, inadequate
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Bryan Orme:
It’s a talent war, there’s a shortage of supply and increased demand.
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Qi Xiaolong:
As we’re facing the shortage of virus test-kits in Wuhan and other virus-stricken areas near it (or the shortage of professional testing staff), current case-confirming procedures cannot meet the requirement of diagnosis and treatment.
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Avinash Chaturvedi:
The way COVID-19 cases are rising and people are getting hypoxia or low level of oxygen in the blood, there is a shortage of oxygen supply, we have converted this stadium into a COVID care centre to deal with that situation.
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Scott Kirby:
The pilot shortage is real, but it’s really real at American Airlines, if it’s a crisis, it’s a crisis for small communities.
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Chris Baker:
I think we’ve seen a lot of the negative stuff already, with people acting out against foreigners, and we’ll get more of that, we’ve seen some impact of people not coming here — you know, a shortage of nursing, and soon a shortage of people picking vegetables and all those summer-type jobs that English people don’t want to do.
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- Mangel, KnappheitGerman
- έλλειψηGreek
- escasez, falta, carestíaSpanish
- pula, puuteFinnish
- rareté, pénurie, insuffisance, défaut, déficitFrench
- gainne, cion, gainneadScottish Gaelic
- कमीHindi
- hiány, elégtelenségHungarian
- mancanza, carenza, penuria, insufficienza, scarsitàItalian
- 不足Japanese
- უკმარობა, ნაკლებობა, დეფიციტი, სიმწირეGeorgian
- не́достиг, недо́статокMacedonian
- insuficiência, carência, faltaPortuguese
- дефици́т, недостаток, недоста́точность, нехва́тка, недоста́токRussian
- uhabaSwahili
- قلتUrdu
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dearth, deficiency, deficit, failure, inadequacy, insufficiency, lack, leanness, paucity, poverty, scarcity, shortfall, want
Antonyms
abundance, adequate amount, excess, overabundance, plethora, profusion, sufficiency, surfeit, surplus
English Collins Dictionary — English synonyms & Thesaurus
shortage
( shortages plural ) If there is a shortageof something, there is not enough of it. n-var usu with supp, N of n, n N
A shortage of funds is preventing the UN from monitoring relief…, Vietnam is suffering from food shortage…
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