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Synonyms & Antonyms of shortage
a falling short of an essential or desirable amount or number
- there was a troubling shortage of supplies for the troops overseas this year
Synonyms for shortage
- crunch,
- dearth,
- deficiency,
- deficit,
- drought
- (also drouth),
- failure,
- famine,
- inadequacy,
- inadequateness,
- insufficiency,
- lack,
- lacuna,
- paucity,
- pinch,
- poverty,
- scantiness,
- scarceness,
- scarcity,
- undersupply,
- want
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The first known use of shortage was in 1868
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