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Synonyms

defect
deficiency
deficit
inadequacy
insufficiency
lack
paucity
poverty
scantiness
scantness
scarceness
scarcity
shortcoming
shortfall
underage

short·age (shôŕtĭj)

noun

A deficiency in amount; an insufficiency.

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