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shortage
Synonyms and Antonyms of shortage
- There was a troubling shortage of supplies for the troops overseas this year.
crunch, dearth, deficiency, deficit, drought (also drouth), failure, famine, inadequacy, inadequateness, insufficiency, lack, paucity, pinch, poverty, scantiness, scarceness, scarcity, undersupply, want
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