Synonym: absence, deficiency, deficit, lack, need, want. Similar words: short, shorts, in short, shortly, cut short, short-term, a stage, cottage. Meaning: [ʃɔrtɪdʒ /ʃɔː-] 
n. 1. the property of being an amount by which something is less than expected or required 2. an acute insufficiency.
n. 1. the property of being an amount by which something is less than expected or required 2. an acute insufficiency. 
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91, Meanwhile, there is a chronic shortage of funds.
92, Shortage of sources compels tentative conclusions.
93, There was a desperate shortage of doctors.
94, Many regions are experiencing a shortage of food.
95, The second concern was the shortage of pedestrian crossings.
96, No room: Bed shortage halts some hospital admissions.
97, There's an acute shortage of good land.
98, All they needed was water to reconstitute them and there was definitely going to be no shortage of that particular commodity.
99, Any price below the equilibrium price will entail a shortage; that is(sentencedict.com), quantity demanded will exceed quantity supplied.
100, Why did this chronic shortage of rural council housing persist?
101, The acute shortage of time was a problem that everyone felt.
102, Hospitals must offer better salaries to counter the shortage of nurses.
103, When there is a severe food shortage, the first to suffer are the larger animals.
104, This exacerbated the growing shortage of food, fuel and raw materials.
105, In many districts cattle were thought essential for rice cultivation, and when there was a shortage fields lay fallow.
106, In addition, it is worth looking at shortage areas for jobs as a possible career change option.
107, And once again the acute shortage of materials was noticeable.
108, Gedge was determined that the band would release a single[Sentencedict.com], despite an acute shortage of money.
109, There is a shortage of water in many areas of the world.
110, Thirdly, farmers are often heard to complain of a shortage of workers on the land.
111, Cash shortage All commercial banks were forced to restrict cash withdrawals from April 20 as a result of a shortage of banknotes.
112, This sprawling town faces no shortage of dilemmas as it oozes toward the millennium.
113, It is not as if there is a shortage of reasons to confront the government.
114, If people concentrated on the really important things in life, there'd be a shortage of fishing poles. Doug Larson 
115, If we could list those we'd have advance warning of shortage problems on the assembly lines two months before they occur.
116, The situation was made worse by the 1986 earthquake, which exacerbated the housing shortage and destroyed or damaged numerous schools.
117, But there are problems: his advancing years, the patron shortage.
118, That's why there is a shortage in the supply of domestic consumer goods.
119, A shortage of organ donors continues to be the main limiting factor in most types of transplantation.
120, During periods of relative food shortage males tend to move less; dispersion evidently reduces competition for resources.
More similar words: short, shorts, in short, shortly, cut short, short-term, a stage, cottage, hostage, heritage, advantage, percentage, at this stage, important, mortality, uncomfortable, importantly, take advantage of, of importance, mortgage, transportation, tag, horn, horror, hormone, show, antagonist, horizon, certain, curtain.