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shortage - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'shortage' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Shortage [ n.]
- Amount or extent of deficiency, as determined by some requirement or standard; as, a shortage in money accounts.

Meaning of 'shortage' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . shortage [ n]
Meaning (1):
- the property of being an amount by which something is less than expected or required
Example in sentence:
  • new blood vessels bud out from the already dilated vascular bed to make up the nutritional deficit