OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 7646

shortage

/ˈʃɔː(ɹ)tɪd͡ʒ/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
carecimiento • carencia • carestía • deficiencia • déficit • escasez • exigüidad • falencia • falta • penuria
A lack or deficiency; an insufficient amount.
The admirable smoothness of the riding also reflected the greatest credit on those who, despite the difficulties caused by the shortage of men and materials, have succeeded in main…
The dawn of the oil age was fairly recent. Although the stuff was used to waterproof boats in the Middle East 6,000 years ago, extracting it in earnest began only in 1859 after an…
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