Associations to the word «Shortage»
Noun
- Manpower
- Drought
- Inflation
- Famine
- Scarcity
- Malnutrition
- Gasoline
- Workforce
- Housing
- Fuel
- Blackout
- Ammunition
- Food
- Starvation
- Unemployment
- Labor
- Supply
- Embargo
- Blockade
- Deforestation
- Influx
- Conscription
- Electricity
- Coinage
- Pounder
- Unrest
- Disruption
- Currency
- Hardship
- Labour
- Munition
- Petrol
- Recruitment
- Transplantation
- Crise
- Fertilizer
- Spare
- Epidemic
- Productivity
- Laborer
- Emigration
- Commodity
- Price
- Harvest
- Looting
- Import
- Irrigation
- Donor
- Availability
- Wage
- Recession
- Flooding
- Luftwaffe
- Homelessness
- Industrialization
- Lack
- Nursing
Adjective
Wiktionary
SHORTAGE, noun. A lack or deficiency; an insufficient amount.
Dictionary definition
SHORTAGE, noun. 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".
SHORTAGE, noun. An acute insufficiency.
Wise words
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and content according to the circumstances and time in which
it is used.