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Definition of Shortage
1. Noun. 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"
Generic synonyms: Deficiency, Inadequacy, Insufficiency
Specialized synonyms: Oxygen Deficit
2. Noun. An acute insufficiency.
Definition of Shortage
1. n. Amount or extent of deficiency, as determined by some requirement or standard; as, a shortage in money accounts.
Definition of Shortage
1. Noun. a lack or deficiency ¹
2. Noun. not enough, not sufficient ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Shortage
1. an insufficient supply or amount [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Shortage
Literary usage of Shortage
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Social Welfare Forum: Official Proceedings ... Annual Forum by National Conference on Social Welfare, American Social Science Association, Conference of Charities (U.S., Conference of Charities (U.S.), National Conference of Social Work (U.S. (1921)
"Today we hear comparatively little about the shortage; ... Yet the housing shortage
is probably even greater than it was last summer and the deep-seated ..."
2. Environmental Performance Reviews by Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, United Nations Economic Commission for Europe. Committee on Environmental Policy (2006)
"Box 3.3 Water shortage in the Rio Bravo/Rio Grande basin The main instrument for
solving water issues at the border between Mexico and the United States is ..."
3. Pan-Organizational Summit on the U.S. Science and Engineering Workforce by Marye Anne Fox, ( (2003)
"Regardless, the implications of a shortage of skills critical to US growth,
competitiveness, and security are significant. So are the implications of the ..."
4. Education by Project Innovation (Organization) (1920)
"How will the Nation-Wide shortage of Teachers Affect the Future of Our ...
shortage is a good deal like a headache. | r« 1 A headache is important or not, ..."
5. The Engineering Index Annual for by American Society of Mechanical Engineers (1908)
"Car shortage Southern Railway Freight Yard at Atlanta, Ga. Plan and illustrated
description ... Car shortage. A Plan to Relieve Car shortage and Congestion. ..."
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