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Synonyms for shortage
ˈʃɔr tɪdʒshort·age

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  1. shortagenoun

    Antonyms:
    glut, butter mountain, mountain

  2. shortagenoun

    Antonyms:
    mountain, butter mountain, glut

  3. shortagenoun

    Antonyms:
    butter mountain, mountain, glut

Princeton's WordNet3.0 / 2 votes

  1. 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"

    Synonyms:
    shortfall, deficit, dearth, famine

  2. dearth, famine, shortagenoun

    an acute insufficiency

    Synonyms:
    shortfall, deficit, dearth, paucity, famine

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Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words5.0 / 1 vote

  1. shortagenoun

    Synonyms:
    deficiency, insufficiency, inadequacy, deficit, ullage

    Antonyms:
    surplus

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#2498lack
#4642absence
#8380deficit
#10208inadequate
#10242insufficient
#10765deficiency
#11775shortage
#18466shortages
#21541famine
#23993shortfall
#27877scarcity
#31954insufficiency
#43809inadequacy
#47177dearth
#55818shortcoming
#60520paucity
#168469penury

How to use shortage in a sentence?

  1. David Mitchell:

    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.

  2. Katie Britt:

    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.

  3. Qi Xiaolong:

    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.

  4. Gad Levanon:

    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.

  5. Panos Panay:

    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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