Shortage: alternatives and connections

The state of being deficient; inadequacy; want; failure; imperfection; shortcoming; defect.

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The quality or state of being inadequate or insufficient; defectiveness; insufficiency; inadequateness.

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The quality or state of being insufficient; want of sufficiency; deficiency; inadequateness; as, the insufficiency of provisions, of an excuse, etc.

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Blame; cause of blame; fault; crime; offense.

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The state of not having; the condition of being without anything; absence or scarcity of what is needed or desired; deficiency; lack; as, a want of p…

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Scarcity which renders dear; want; lack; specifically, lack of food on account of failure of crops; famine.

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Deficiency in amount or quality; a falling short; lack; as, a deficit in taxes, revenue, etc.

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General scarcity of food; dearth; a want of provisions; destitution.

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