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English noun: shortage | |||
| 1. | shortage (attribute) the property of being an amount by which something is less than expected or required | ||
| Samples | New blood vessels bud out from the already dilated vascular bed to make up the nutritional deficit. | ||
| Synonyms | deficit, shortfall | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | deficiency, inadequacy, insufficiency | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | oxygen deficit | ||
| 2. | shortage (state) an acute insufficiency | ||
| Synonyms | dearth, famine | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | deficiency, lack, want | ||
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