shortage

Noun
  1. The property of being an amount by which something is less than expected or required (synset 105121671)
    "new blood vessels bud out from the already dilated vascular bed to make up the nutritional deficit"
    is a type of: deficiency, inadequacy, insufficiency - lack of an adequate quantity or number
    subtypes: oxygen deficit - temporary oxygen shortage in cells resulting from strenuous exercise
    same as: deficit, shortfall
  2. An acute insufficiency (synset 114473331)
    is a type of: deficiency, lack, want - the state of needing something that is absent or unavailable
    same as: dearth, famine

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