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shortage
noun as in deficiency
Strong matches
Weak match
Example Sentences
Even before the government shutdown, she noted, the FAA was grappling with a shortage of air traffic controllers.
Many have faced persistent shortages of food, and large parts of the enclave have been reduced to rubble by the fighting.
Ecuador dollarized successfully in 2000 despite being in the middle of a political and banking crisis, with a shortage of reserves at its central bank.
Still, oil shortages alone can grind the Russian bear to a halt militarily.
The near-daily protests erupted on September 25 in anger over regular and lengthy power and water shortages in Madagascar, one of the poorest countries in the world, and evolved into a broader anti-government movement.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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