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shortage definition
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Define the English word shortage below. Shortage is a noun. Also define these 0 related words and terms: .
English
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
shortage (countable and uncountable, plural shortages)
- A lack or deficiency; an insufficient amount.
- 2013 August 3, “The future of oil: Yesterday’s fuel”, in The Economist[1], volume 408, number 8847:
- The dawn of the oil age was fairly recent. Although the stuff was used to waterproof boats in the Middle East 6,000 years ago, extracting it in earnest began only in 1859 after an oil strike in Pennsylvania. […] It was used to make kerosene, the main fuel for artificial lighting after overfishing led to a shortage of whale blubber.
Antonyms
- glut
- mountain (as in butter mountain)
- surplus
Related terms
Translations
lack or deficiency
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Translations to be checked: "deleted sense: not enough, not sufficient"
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