Synonyms, Grades 9–10: Shortage

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  1. dearth
    an insufficient quantity or number
  2. paucity
    an insufficient quantity or number
  3. deficit
    an amount that is less than expected or required
  4. shortfall
    an amount that is less than expected or required
  5. scarcity
    a small and inadequate amount
  6. famine
    an acute insufficiency
  7. deficiency
    lack of an adequate quantity or number
  8. lack
    the state of needing something that is absent or unavailable
  9. drought
    a prolonged shortage
  10. inadequacy
    lack of a sufficient quantity or number
  11. lacuna
    a blank gap or missing part
  12. scantiness
    the quality of being meager
  13. insufficiency
    lack of an adequate quantity or number
  14. exiguity
    the quality of being meager
Created on Wed Feb 25 18:55:57 EST 2026 (updated Wed Feb 25 18:58:13 EST 2026)

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