What is another word for shortage?
Synonyms for shortage
ˈʃɔr tɪdʒshort·age
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Wiktionary
shortagenoun
Antonyms:
glut, butter mountain, mountainshortagenoun
Antonyms:
mountain, butter mountain, glutshortagenoun
Antonyms:
butter mountain, mountain, glut
Princeton's WordNet
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"
dearth, famine, shortagenoun
an acute insufficiency
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Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
shortagenoun
Synonyms:
deficiency, insufficiency, inadequacy, deficit, ullageAntonyms:
surplus
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "shortage":
scarcity, shortages, lack, shortfall, dearth, paucity, deficit, inadequacy, deficiency, insufficiency, insufficient, shortcoming, absence, penury, inadequate
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Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#2498 | lack | |
#4642 | absence | |
#8380 | deficit | |
#10208 | inadequate | |
#10242 | insufficient | |
#10765 | deficiency | |
#11775 | shortage | |
#18466 | shortages | |
#21541 | famine | |
#23993 | shortfall | |
#27877 | scarcity | |
#31954 | insufficiency | |
#43809 | inadequacy | |
#47177 | dearth | |
#55818 | shortcoming | |
#60520 | paucity | |
#168469 | penury |
How to use shortage in a sentence?
There’s a definite shortage of popular silver coins developing (especially North American coins), however, we’re still able to source 1,000 oz good delivery bars at nearly the same premiums for now.
I believe every single thing in the country is moving in the wrong direction under President Biden, so there is no shortage of things that we need to do and sign on to and work hard to fix or to change direction on.
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.
The severity of the labor shortage is unprecedented, when the labor shortage is so severe, any additional factor that is pulling away people from the labor market is more noticeable.
The shortage is real, we work through it every single day. I'm worried it sells out and we can't get enough people. ... But we're building as many as we can.
Translations for shortage
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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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