Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A deficiency in amount; an insufficiency.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A deficit; deficiency; the amount by which anything is short.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Amount or extent of deficiency, as determined by some requirement or standard.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun a
lack ordeficiency - noun not
enough , notsufficient
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the property of being an amount by which something is less than expected or required
- noun an acute insufficiency
Etymologies
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Examples
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At traditional Korean eateries, such as the Shinseol ox bone soup restaurant near Seoul City Hall, owner Cheon Hyeon Sook says the shortage is affecting business.
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It was a premise, but not one that had to be true because, after all, a shortage is a shortage and the problems were going to turn up some day.
Archive 2008-03-23 Canadian silver bug/Green Assassin Brigade 2008
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It was a premise, but not one that had to be true because, after all, a shortage is a shortage and the problems were going to turn up some day.
Silver certificates, are they actually backed with bullion? Canadian silver bug/Green Assassin Brigade 2008
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The labour shortage is a big problem in Alberta where the tar sands projects are attracting skilled and non-skilled workers with extremely high salaries.
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To suggest that there will be a shortage is a self fulfilling prophesy, if others believe you.
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Regents said they had no choice but to approve the increase, given what they called a shortage of resources to pay for higher education.
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Regents said they had no choice but to approve the increase, given what they called a shortage of resources to pay for higher education.
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I think the "shortage" is actually more of just a price increase.
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But while Japan's deadly earthquake sent shock waves through the world economy, a long-term shortage of Japanese cars is unlikely.
Prius Pinch Won't Last Long Joseph B. White 2011
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The labor shortage is especially acute in “specialty crops” like fruits, nuts and vegetables.
Immigration 2010
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