SHORTAGE

deficit, shortage, shortfall

(noun) the property of being an amount by which something is less than expected or required; “new blood vessels bud out from the already dilated vascular bed to make up the nutritional deficit”

dearth, famine, shortage

(noun) an acute insufficiency

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Noun

shortage (countable and uncountable, plural shortages)

A lack or deficiency; an insufficient amount.

Antonyms

• glut

• mountain (as in butter mountain)

Source: Wiktionary

Short"age, n.

Definition: Amount or extent of deficiency, as determined by some requirement or standard; as, a shortage in money accounts.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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