shortage, n.
(shortages)
freq. cnt. 6
(shortages)
freq. cnt. 6
the property of being an amount by which something is less than expected or required
<noun.attribute> freq. cnt.: 5 freq. cnt.: 4 freq. cnt.: 1
deficit shortage shortfall
sample sentences
"new blood vessels bud out from the already dilated vascular bed to make up the nutritional deficit"
an acute insufficiency
<noun.state> freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 2
dearth famine shortage
semantic pointers
hypernym