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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121, Market specialists said yesterday's price rises were exacerbated by a shortage of stock in many leading companies.
122, The shortage of jobs is especially bad in traditional craft apprenticeships, in which many young people wish to work.
123, While toy sales here have hit a record high they face a desperate shortage of clean water.
124, But a shortage of 7000 bushels still exists at a price of $ 2.
125, Surely London employers were suffering from a desperate shortage of school-leavers?
126, In San Diego, the shortage of skilled workers is acute.
127, There is no shortage of uses for the red boxes.
128, After teachers, the biggest problem is the shortage of supplies.
129, This immediate post-war shortage ushered in what may be identified as the first phase of the emergence of headhunting.
130, The shortage of cooking energy not only causes problems with nutrition, but also spreads disease.
131, The failure of the Martian greenhouse effect is obviously not due to any shortage of carbon dioxide!
132, Secondly, it means that any liquidity shortage initially suffered by banks will be instantly transferred to the discount market.
133, Bank Rate was the rate at which discount houses could borrow from the Bank in order to meet any shortage of liquidity.
134, But still there was a chronic shortage of trained crews.
135, Larger urban dioceses in the Northeast, including the Archdiocese of Boston, have yet to experience any serious shortage of priests.
136, The crux of the tied cottage problem, it was argued, was the shortage of rural housing.
137, In short, there is a I 5, 000-bushel shortage of or excess demand for, corn.
138, Although recently the Association has been enabled to take on some 250 full-time archaeologists,[sentencedict.com] there is still an acute shortage.
139, The chronic shortage of currency for the acquisition of contemporary foreign publications has been cited as justification.
140, This line had originally been due to open by the end of 1996, but was delayed by the shortage of funding.
141, There is a shortage of suitable recruits in the diplomatic service, which offers varied experience abroad and a good career structure.
142, Of course, a general liquidity shortage can not be alleviated by banks withdrawing loans from each other.
143, They acknowledged that there was an acute shortage of nurses throughout the country and concluded that a training scheme should be organised.
144, In both areas there is an acute shortage of expertise at the Garden.
145, Women who live in non-metropolitan areas must often travel considerable distances because of the shortage of providers.
146, The coalition partners predict further elections in six to eight months, and the energy shortage threatens to hamper their reform plans.
147, Landlords believe that the Rent Acts unfairly interfere with freedom of contract and exacerbate the housing shortage.
148, Many areas in which the new buildings are going up already have Orthodox churches with a shortage of parishioners.
149, In reality, there is a great shortage of donated organs, but organ donation is a careful, well-documented medical procedure.
150, This success suggested that the general housing shortage was now considerably eased, and attention returned to slum clearance.
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.