Shortage

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A deficiency in amount; an insufficiency.
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  • n. a lack or deficiency
  • n. not enough, not sufficient
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. Amount or extent of deficiency, as determined by some requirement or standard.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A deficit; deficiency; the amount by which anything is short.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. the property of being an amount by which something is less than expected or required
  • n. an acute insufficiency
    • Antonym
    butter mountain    mountain    as    in    glut   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    deficiency    lack    want   
    Cross Reference
    ration    rationing    famine    drought   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    deficiency   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Portage    portage    reportage   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    scarcity    availability    inflation    consumption    famine   
     
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