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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
shortage/ˈʃɔːtɪʤ/

▶noun a state or situation in which something needed cannot be obtained in sufficient amounts.

'shortage' also found in these Oxford entries:

acute - altitude sickness - bed-blocking - crunch - deficiency - desperate - drought - famine - lay - oxygen debt - ration

Forum discussions with the word(s) "shortage" in the title:

as a result of the long lines and shortage tellers.
Can a 'shortage' be 'complemented'?
Is there any shortage of it?
lack of / shortage of
lack/shortage
ran into shortage
rectify the city's water shortage
resource shortage
short vs shortage
Shortage / Shortcoming
shortage of time
shortage v. shortfall
shortage/deprivation
water shortage
without any shortage

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