shortage
noun
[ ˈʃɔːtɪdʒ ]
• a state or situation in which something needed cannot be obtained in sufficient amounts.
• "a shortage of hard cash"
Similar:
scarcity,
sparseness,
sparsity,
dearth,
paucity,
poverty,
insufficiency,
deficiency,
inadequacy,
famine,
lack,
want,
meagreness,
scantiness,
limitedness,
restrictedness,
deficit,
shortfall,
rarity,
rareness,
exiguity,
