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What does shortage mean?

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Noun
  1. A lack or deficiency; an insufficient amount.
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Due to a severe shortage of bed linen, we sewed them together and made sheets.
In Zimbabwe, the central bank attempted to tackle the shortage of banknotes.
Lack of affordable housing and a shortage of properties can price decent, law-abiding people out of homes.
Posts are being left empty for six months at a time because of the manpower shortage.
Young people looking for love tend to flock to cities where there's no shortage of clubs, bars, and massage parlors.
There's no shortage of government officials who think they're being laudably tough while they smother human empathy.

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