poverties

noun

plural of poverty
as in shortages
a falling short of an essential or desirable amount or number a poverty of information about the new policies

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  1. shortages
  2. lacks
  3. deficiencies
Noun
  • The current economic shenanigans, from tariffs to RAM shortages, have led console manufacturers to raise prices over time rather than lower them, as was the norm.
    — Jordan Minor, PC Magazine, 6 Sep. 2026
  • Further, unusually warm Pacific Ocean temperatures are expected to bring erratic rainfall and water shortages across Thailand.
    — Deena Zaidi, CNBC, 6 Sep. 2026
Definition of shortages
Noun
  • While Verse and Alex Wright will man the edges and Denzel Ward remains an elite anchor in the secondary, the front seven lacks proven game-disrupting star power, leaving the defense reliant on scheme and discipline to hold up.
    — David Troy OutKick, FOXNews.com, 3 Sep. 2026
  • Long used in commercial kitchens for sinks and countertops, steel sinks contain chromium that provides corrosion-resistance and nickel that adds the brightness pure steel lacks.
    — Mary Marlowe Leverette, The Spruce, 19 July 2026
Definition of lacks
Noun
  • Decades of research link right brain activity to moral judgment and its inactivity to deficiencies, even to the point of sociopathy.
    — Michael P.H. Stanley, STAT, 10 Sep. 2026
  • Thompson can mask about as many defensive deficiencies as anyone not named Victor Wembanyama.
    — Hunter Patterson, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2026
Definition of deficiencies
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