shortage
/ˈʃɔː(ɹ)tɪd͡ʒ/
shortage noun: a lack or deficiency; an insufficient amount.
Noun
shortage (countable and uncountable, plural shortages)
- A lack or deficiency; an insufficient amount.
- The admirable smoothness of the riding also reflected the greatest credit on those who, despite the difficulties caused by the shortage of men and materials, have succeeded in maintaining the track in such first-class order.1946 July and August, Cecil J. Allen, “British Locomotive Practice and Performance”, in Railway Magazine, page 213
- The dawn of the oil age was fairly recent. Although the stuff was used to waterproof boats in the Middle East 6,000 years ago, extracting it in earnest began only in 1859 after an oil strike in Pennsylvania.[…]It was used to make kerosene, the main fuel for artificial lighting after overfishing led...2013 August 3, “The future of oil: Yesterday’s fuel”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8847, archived from the original on 18 Dec 2013
shortage meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
shortage in Hindi
- lack or deficiency
- कमी kamī, अभाव abhāv, अपर्याप्तता aparyāptatā
shortage in Tamil
- குறைபாடு, பற்றாக்குறை, குறைவு, அளவு குறைவு, தட்டுப்பாடு
shortage in Marathi
- कमतरता, टंचाई
shortage in Urdu
- lack or deficiency
- کَمی kamī
More languagesFewer languages
- shortage in Telugu
- కొరత
- shortage in Malayalam
- കുറവ്, അപര്യാപ്തത, കമ്മി, അഭാവം
- shortage in Kannada
- ಕೊರತೆ, ಕಡಮೆ, ಮುಗ್ಗಟ್ಟು, ಅಭಾವ
- shortage in Punjabi
- ਘਾਟ
- shortage in Gujarati
- અછત
- shortage in Assamese
- নাটনি natoni, অনাটন onaton
- shortage in Nepali
- दुःख duḥkha
- shortage in Arabic
- عَجْز ʕajz, نَقْص naqṣ
- shortage in Thai
- การขาดแคลน gaan-kàat-klɛɛn, ความขาดแคลน kwaam-kàat-klɛɛn
Examples of shortage in a sentence
- Due to bed shortages, Jeff and Paul had to bunk together.
- After the hurricane there was a severe regional shortage of plywood, especially exterior plywood.
- There is a one-to-one relationship between days with large cash shortages and his workdays.
Antonyms of shortage
Forms of shortage
| plural | shortages |
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Origin of shortage
From short + -age.
Words formed from shortage
Questions about shortage
- What does shortage mean?
- Shortage means a lack or deficiency; an insufficient amount.
- What is shortage in Hindi?
- Shortage in Hindi is कमी (kamī), अभाव (abhāv), अपर्याप्तता (aparyāptatā). See Shortage meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is shortage?
- Shortage is a noun.
- How do you pronounce shortage?
- Shortage is pronounced /ˈʃɔː(ɹ)tɪd͡ʒ/.
- What is the plural of shortage?
- The plural of shortage is shortages.
Words near shortage in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: shortage (page history and authors); shortage (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); shortage (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); shortage (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); shortage (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); shortage (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); shortage (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); shortage (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); दुःख (Nepali) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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