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
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?
Drug shortages can occur for many reasons, including manufacturing and quality problems, delays and discontinuations, manufacturers provide FDA [with] most drug shortage information, and the agency works closely with them to prevent or reduce the impact of shortages.
We sold out a good three weeks before Thanksgiving, though it wasn't easy, there was a high demand for it and there apparently was a turkey shortage.
Manufacturers may slash output as the state of emergency will unavoidably hurt the economy, a shortage of chip supply will take time to fix, which will also weigh on Japan’s automobile production.
We will make sure that companies don't go bankrupt from the COVID-19 shocks. Normal, competitive companies will never be shut just because of a temporary liquidity shortage.
First, let me be clear : we should not have to choose between supply and safety, especially when it comes to a product we feed our babies. This product should face the most rigorous standards of safety, to ensure that it is safe to feed our children, the shortage persists because we are overly reliant on one manufacturer to get infant formula back on the shelf.
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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