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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈʃɔː(ɹ)tɪd͡ʒ/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-shortage.wav Forms: shortages [plural]
Etymology: From short + -age. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|short|age}} short + -age Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} shortage (countable and uncountable, plural shortages)
  1. A lack or deficiency; an insufficient amount. Wikipedia link: shortage Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Economics Derived forms: skills shortage, water shortage Related terms: outage, drought, famine, ration, rationing Translations (lack or deficiency): σπάνις (spánis) [feminine] (Ancient Greek), নাটনি (natoni) (Assamese), অনাটন (onaton) (Assamese), çatışmazlıq (Azerbaijani), qıtlıq (Azerbaijani), липса (lipsa) [feminine] (Bulgarian), недостиг (nedostig) [masculine] (Bulgarian), manca [feminine] (Catalan), 短缺 (duǎnquē) (Chinese Mandarin), 緊缺 (Chinese Mandarin), 紧缺 (jǐnquē) (Chinese Mandarin), malabundo (Esperanto), pula (Finnish), puute (Finnish), défaut [masculine] (French), rareté [feminine] (French), pénurie [feminine] (French), déficit [masculine] (French), insuffisance [feminine] (French), Mangel [masculine] (German), Knappheit [feminine] (German), 𐍅𐌰𐌽𐌹𐌽𐌰𐍃𐍃𐌿𐍃 (waninassus) [masculine] (Gothic), कमी (kamī) [feminine] (Hindi), hiány (Hungarian), scarsità [feminine] (Italian), mancanza [feminine] (Italian), penuria [feminine] (Italian), insufficienza [feminine] (Italian), carenza [feminine] (Italian), 不足 (fusoku) (alt: ふそく) (Japanese), 欠損 (kesson) (alt: けっそん) (Japanese), 부족 (bujok) (Korean), 흠손 (heumson) (Korean), inopia [feminine] (Latin), недо́статок (nedóstatok) [masculine] (Macedonian), не́достиг (nédostig) [masculine] (Macedonian), kōpaka (Maori), ngōuruuru (Maori), kōpakatanga (Maori), mangel [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), underskudd [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), mangel [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), falta [feminine] (Portuguese), carência [feminine] (Portuguese), insuficiência [feminine] (Portuguese), недоста́ток (nedostátok) [masculine] (Russian), нехва́тка (nexvátka) [feminine] (Russian), дефици́т (deficít) [masculine] (Russian), недоста́точность (nedostátočnostʹ) [feminine] (Russian), cion [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), gainne [feminine] (Scottish Gaelic), gainnead [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), falta [feminine] (Spanish), carestía [feminine] (Spanish), escasez [feminine] (Spanish), penuria [feminine] (Spanish), exigüidad [feminine] (Spanish), uhaba (Swahili), การขาดแคลน (Thai), ความขาดแคลน (Thai), azlık (Turkish), kesinti (Turkish)

Inflected forms

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      "word": "mountain"
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      "word": "surplus"
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      "word": "drought"
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      "word": "famine"
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      "word": "ration"
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        "Requests for review of Mandarin translations",
        "Terms with Ancient Greek translations",
        "Terms with Assamese translations",
        "Terms with Azerbaijani translations",
        "Terms with Bulgarian translations",
        "Terms with Catalan translations",
        "Terms with Dutch translations",
        "Terms with Esperanto translations",
        "Terms with Finnish translations",
        "Terms with French translations",
        "Terms with Georgian translations",
        "Terms with German translations",
        "Terms with Gothic translations",
        "Terms with Hindi translations",
        "Terms with Hungarian translations",
        "Terms with Italian translations",
        "Terms with Japanese translations",
        "Terms with Korean translations",
        "Terms with Latin translations",
        "Terms with Macedonian translations",
        "Terms with Mandarin translations",
        "Terms with Maori translations",
        "Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations",
        "Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations",
        "Terms with Portuguese translations",
        "Terms with Russian translations",
        "Terms with Scottish Gaelic translations",
        "Terms with Spanish translations",
        "Terms with Swahili translations",
        "Terms with Thai translations",
        "Terms with Turkish translations",
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      "code": "as",
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      "roman": "natoni",
      "sense": "lack or deficiency",
      "word": "নাটনি"
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      "roman": "onaton",
      "sense": "lack or deficiency",
      "word": "অনাটন"
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      "sense": "lack or deficiency",
      "word": "çatışmazlıq"
    },
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      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "lack or deficiency",
      "word": "qıtlıq"
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      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "lipsa",
      "sense": "lack or deficiency",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
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      "lang": "Bulgarian",
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      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "lack or deficiency",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "manca"
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "duǎnquē",
      "sense": "lack or deficiency",
      "word": "短缺"
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      "word": "紧缺"
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      "word": "malabundo"
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
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      "code": "fr",
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      "sense": "lack or deficiency",
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        "masculine"
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      "word": "défaut"
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "lack or deficiency",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "rareté"
    },
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "lack or deficiency",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "pénurie"
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "lack or deficiency",
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "lack or deficiency",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "insuffisance"
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "lack or deficiency",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Mangel"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "lack or deficiency",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Knappheit"
    },
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      "code": "got",
      "lang": "Gothic",
      "roman": "waninassus",
      "sense": "lack or deficiency",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "𐍅𐌰𐌽𐌹𐌽𐌰𐍃𐍃𐌿𐍃"
    },
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      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "spánis",
      "sense": "lack or deficiency",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "σπάνις"
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      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "kamī",
      "sense": "lack or deficiency",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "कमी"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "lack or deficiency",
      "word": "hiány"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "lack or deficiency",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "scarsità"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "lack or deficiency",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "mancanza"
    },
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      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "lack or deficiency",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "penuria"
    },
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      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "lack or deficiency",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "insufficienza"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "lack or deficiency",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "carenza"
    },
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      "alt": "ふそく",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "fusoku",
      "sense": "lack or deficiency",
      "word": "不足"
    },
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      "alt": "けっそん",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "kesson",
      "sense": "lack or deficiency",
      "word": "欠損"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "bujok",
      "sense": "lack or deficiency",
      "word": "부족"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "heumson",
      "sense": "lack or deficiency",
      "word": "흠손"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "lack or deficiency",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "inopia"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "nedóstatok",
      "sense": "lack or deficiency",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "недо́статок"
    },
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      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "nédostig",
      "sense": "lack or deficiency",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "не́достиг"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "lack or deficiency",
      "word": "kōpaka"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "lack or deficiency",
      "word": "ngōuruuru"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "lack or deficiency",
      "word": "kōpakatanga"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "lack or deficiency",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "mangel"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "lack or deficiency",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "underskudd"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "lack or deficiency",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "mangel"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "lack or deficiency",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "falta"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "lack or deficiency",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "carência"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "lack or deficiency",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "insuficiência"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "nedostátok",
      "sense": "lack or deficiency",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "недоста́ток"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "nexvátka",
      "sense": "lack or deficiency",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "нехва́тка"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "deficít",
      "sense": "lack or deficiency",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "дефици́т"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "nedostátočnostʹ",
      "sense": "lack or deficiency",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "недоста́точность"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "lack or deficiency",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "cion"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "lack or deficiency",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "gainne"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "lack or deficiency",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "gainnead"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "lack or deficiency",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "falta"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "lack or deficiency",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "carestía"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "lack or deficiency",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "escasez"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "lack or deficiency",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "penuria"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "lack or deficiency",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "exigüidad"
    },
    {
      "code": "sw",
      "lang": "Swahili",
      "sense": "lack or deficiency",
      "word": "uhaba"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "sense": "lack or deficiency",
      "word": "การขาดแคลน"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "sense": "lack or deficiency",
      "word": "ความขาดแคลน"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "lack or deficiency",
      "word": "azlık"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "lack or deficiency",
      "word": "kesinti"
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}

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