Shortages [noun]

Definition of Shortages:

deficiency

Synonyms of Shortages:

● Weakness

● Lack

● Dearth

● Failure

● Poverty

● Deficit

● Scarcity

● Shortfall

● Lapse

● Inadequacy

● Paucity

● Scantiness

● Insufficiency

● Curtailment

● Want

● Pinch

● Underage

● Tightness

● Leanness

● Defalcation


Opposite/Antonyms of Shortages:

● Ample

● Excess

● Sufficiency

● Surplus

● Plenty

● Enough

● Abundance


Sentence/Example of Shortages:

There was a shortage in every kind of munitions, stores, and equipment.

The difficulty as to its shortage in men was met as soon as War was declared.

This shortage is a source of solicitude to the Government of the Republic.

Various reasons were given for the shortage of funds, but two of the teachers.

No wonder there is a shortage in London travelling facilities.

In some sections there is an oversupply of such labor; in other sections a shortage.

A shortage of men was nothing new to the ladies of this community.

Some one's shortage would be covered and his reputation saved.

Even then there were lamentations because of a shortage in the supply of pancakes.

In this case there was a shortage, and everybody became excited.