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shortage

[shawr-tij]

noun

  1. a deficiency in quantity.

    a shortage of cash.

    Synonyms: , ,
  2. the amount of such deficiency.



shortage

/ ˈʃɔːɪ /

noun

  1. a deficiency or lack in the amount needed, expected, or due; deficit

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Other 51Թ Forms

  • preshortage noun
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of shortage1

First recorded in 1865–70; short + -age
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Although the blockade was partially eased in late May, amid warnings of a looming famine from global experts, there are still severe shortages of food, as well as medicine and fuel.

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Medical staff and dozens of patients in intensive care remain inside the hospital, where the fuel shortage threatens to shut down life-saving services.

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Delays, infrastructure gaps and personnel shortages to Britain's most advanced warplane programme are undermining the UK's warfighting capability, the public spending watchdog has said.

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Despite a rice shortage that has sent prices soaring, PM Ishiba has refused to buy US rice, choosing instead to protect domestic farmers.

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And it was decisions by policymakers, judges, law enforcement and industrial leaders that caused the shortage.

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