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Shortages

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Definition

Shortages mean a state or situation in which something needed cannot be obtained in sufficient amounts.

Synonyms & similar words

famine shortfall dearth shortage deficit deficiency scarcity lack dearth insufficiency paucity inadequacy want absence shortfall deficit incompleteness sparsity undersupply restrictedness necessity privation privation

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