'shortage' in a sentence
Learn how to use 'shortage' with 16 example sentences.
- shortage noun
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: the property of being an amount by which something is less than expected or required
: an acute insufficiency
The monastery closed after 900 years due to a shortage of monks.
We have an abundance of bread, but a shortage of wine.
In 1994, there was a shortage of water and rice in Japan.
There's no shortage of work.
There's no shortage of toilet paper.
The recent coffee shortage brought about many problems.
Violence erupted all over the city because of the food shortages.
The shortage of manpower poses a big problem for us.
Because of a shortage of work, half the staff was discharged.
The severe housing shortage is partly to blame for the inflated rents.
There's no shortage of food now.
Despite a shortage of steel, industrial output has increased by five percent.
There's no shortage of possible suspects.
Owing to a shortage of funds, our project failed.
In 2010, there was a shortage of H1N1 vaccine.
There's no shortage of rocks.