# shortage

Pronunciation: US say "SHAWR-tij" /ˈʃɔɹtɪd͡ʒ/; UK say "SHAW-tij" /ˈʃɔː(ɹ)tɪd͡ʒ/

## Noun

1. A lack or deficiency of something; less than the amount that is needed.
   - Simple: A time when there is not enough of something that people need.
   - _A nationwide shortage of computer chips slowed car production for months._
   - _Farmers warned that the labor shortage could leave crops rotting in the fields._

## Origin

Formed from "short" combined with the suffix "-age".

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/shortage (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).