Related Words for shortage

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WordSyllablesCategories
deficit
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Noun, Noun
shortfall
/x
Noun, Noun
dearth
/
Noun, Noun
famine
/x
Noun, Noun
scarcity
/xx
Noun
glut
/
Noun
oversupply
xxx/
Noun, Adverb
paucity
/xx
Noun
unavailability
xxxx/xx
Noun
demand
x/
Noun
supply
x/
Noun
surplus
/x
Noun
deficiency
x/xx
Noun
lack
/
Noun
scarce
/
Adjective
crisis
/x
Noun
mismatch
x/
Noun
overabundance
/xx/x
Noun
influx
/x
Noun
overcrowding
/xxx
Noun
problem
/x
Noun
imbalance
x/x
Noun
manpower
/xx
Noun, Adjective
insufficient
xx/x
Adjective
bottleneck
/xx
Noun
surfeit
/x
Noun
dwindling
/xx
Noun
slowdown
/x
Noun
depletion
x/x
Noun
disparity
x/xx
Noun
insufficiency
xx/xx
Noun
wastage
/x
Noun
overcapacity
/xx/xx
Noun
availability
xxx/xx
Noun
overproduction
/xx/x
Noun
stockpile
/x
Noun
discrepancy
x/xx
Noun
potential
x/x
Noun
fluctuation
xx/x
Noun
cutbacks
/x
Noun
rationing
/xx
Noun
upsurge
/x
Noun
difficulties
/xxx
Noun
crowding
/x
Noun
abundance
x/x
Noun
flooding
/x
Noun
misconception
xx/x
Noun
inadequacy
x/xxx
Noun
downturn
/x
Noun
dilemma
x/x
Noun
rarity
/xx
Noun
plenty
/x
Noun
conundrum
x/x
Noun
hardship
/x
Noun
leakage
/x
Noun
backlog
/x
Noun
gaps
/
Noun
trouble
/x
Noun
defect
/x
Noun
shortcoming
/xx
Noun
issue
/x
Noun
mismanagement
x/xx
Noun
inefficiency
xx/xx
Noun
exodus
/xx
Noun
drought
/
Noun
danger
/x
Noun
rampant
/x
Adjective
capacity
x/xx
Noun
malfunction
x/x
Noun
quantity
/xx
Noun
vacancies
/xx
Noun
increasing
x/x
Verb
misperception
xx/x
Noun
worsening
/xx
Verb
acute
x/
Adjective
serious
/xx
Adjective
overpopulation
xxxx/x
Noun
weakness
/x
Noun
inaccessibility
xxxx/xx
Noun
consequence
/xx
Noun
woes
/
Noun
widespread
//
Adjective
decrease
x/
Noun
concern
x/
Noun
substantial
x/x
Adjective
scant
/
Adjective
underage
/xx
Adjective
inadequate
x/xx
Adjective
need
/
Noun
want
/
Verb
discount
x/
Noun
absence
/x
Noun
deficient
x/x
Adjective
starvation
x/x
Noun
underrepresentation
xxxxx/x
Noun
disproportion
xx/x
Noun
underpayment
/xxx
Noun
under
/x
Adverb, Adjective, Noun
malnutrition
xx/x
Noun
diminishing
x/xx
Verb
underachievement
/xx/x
Noun
drawback
/x
Noun
inequity
x/xx
Noun
disadvantage
xx/x
Noun
demerit
x/x
Noun
destitution
/xxx
Noun
fault
/
Noun
underprivileged
/x/x
Noun
impoverishment
x/xx
Noun
pharmacist
/xx
Adjective
personnel
xx/
Adjective, Noun
specie
/x
Noun
newsprint
/x
Noun
persisting
x/x
Adjective
fuelwood
/xx
Noun
alleviate
x/xx
Verb
petrol
/x
Noun
spares
/
Noun
fodder
/x
Noun
aggravating
/xxx
Verb
woeful
/x
Adjective
handicapped
/xx
Verb
wartime
/x
Adjective
exacerbating
x/xxx
Verb
physician
x/x
Adjective
liquidity
x/xx
Noun
perennial
x/xx
Adjective
hampered
/x
Verb
ammunition
xx/x
Noun
severe
x/
Adjective
dire
/
Adjective
tide
/
Verb
labour
/x
Noun
chronic
/x
Adjective
funds
/
Noun
remedying
/xxx
Verb
firewood
/xx
Noun
desperate
/x
Adjective
impending
x/x
Adjective
recruits
x/
Noun
nurses
/x
Noun
looming
/x
Verb
adequacy
/xxx
Noun
constraint
x/
Noun
crunch
/
Noun, Verb
curtailment
x/x
Noun
decline
x/
Noun, Verb
depopulation
xxx/x
Noun
deprivation
xx/x
Noun
devastation
xx/x
Noun
diminution
xx/x
Noun
disability
xx/xx
Noun
distress
x/
Noun, Verb
enough
x/
Adverb, Noun
failing
/x
Noun
failure
/x
Noun
flaw
/
Noun, Verb
gallon
/x
Noun
hunger
/x
Noun, Verb
immunodeficiency
xxxx/xx
Noun
impairment
x/x
Noun
inability
xx/xx
Noun
incomplete
xx/
Adjective, Noun
limitation
xx/x
Noun
loss
/
Noun, Verb
miss
/
Name, Verb
omission
x/x
Noun
penury
/xx
Noun
poor
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
poverty
/xx
Noun
rarefaction
/x/x
Noun
refinancing
xx/x
Noun
shortness
/x
Noun
stress
/
Noun, Verb
stringency
/xx
Noun
sufficient
x/x
Adjective
tension
/x
Noun, Verb
underemployment
xxx/x
Noun
bulletproof
/xx
Adjective, Verb
stonewall
/x
Name, Verb, Adjective
shirtless
/x
Adjective
no
/
Noun, Adverb, Adjective
anymore
xx/
Adverb
die
/
Verb, Noun
sorta
/x
Adverb
milestone
/x
Noun, Verb