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SHORTAGE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The property of being an amount by which something is less than expected or required
Example:
new blood vessels bud out from the already dilated vascular bed to make up the nutritional deficit
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("shortage" is a kind of...):
deficiency; inadequacy; insufficiency (lack of an adequate quantity or number)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "shortage"):
oxygen deficit (temporary oxygen shortage in cells resulting from strenuous exercise)
Sense 2
Meaning:
An acute insufficiency
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("shortage" is a kind of...):
deficiency; lack; want (the state of needing something that is absent or unavailable)
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