shortage
USSHAWR-tij/ˈʃɔɹtɪd͡ʒ/SHAW-tij/ˈʃɔː(ɹ)tɪd͡ʒ/
Pluralshortages
- 1A lack or deficiency of something; less than the amount that is needed.
Like a well running dry just as the whole village arrives to draw water.
A nationwide shortage of computer chips slowed car production for months.
Farmers warned that the labor shortage could leave crops rotting in the fields.
Similarlack, scarcity, deficit, dearth, deficiency
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Origin
Formed from "short" combined with the suffix "-age".