shortage
A lack or deficiency; an insufficient amountA lack or deficiency; an insufficient amount.
» There's no shortage of possible suspects.
В вероятных подозреваемых недостатка нет. — marafon
Потенційних підозрюваних не бракує. — deniko
CK · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
1 senses(countable, uncountable)A lack or deficiency; an insufficient amount.
Mangel, Knappheit
недоста́токnedostátok, нехва́ткаnexvátka, дефици́тdeficít
недоста́токnedostátok, неста́чаnestáča, дефіци́тdeficýt
- the property of being an amount by which something is less than expected or required
- an acute insufficiency
Examples
140 sentencesThere's no shortage of possible suspects.
Потенційних підозрюваних не бракує. — deniko
ruВ вероятных подозреваемых недостатка нет. — marafon
There is no shortage of ideas.
There was a shortage of fuel.
deEs herrschte Treibstoffmangel. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
There's no shortage of food now.
ruТеперь нет недостатка в еде. — Balamax
Tom has no shortage of friends.
Translations
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Forms
plural: shortagesSynonyms
4 synonymsAntonyms
3 antonymsWord family
8 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
Collocations
3 patterns- no shortage of
- water shortage
- no shortage
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.