shortage Synonyms

deficit dearth shortfall insufficiency shortness famine lack scarcity want pinch starvation sparseness sketchiness rarity poorness poverty scantiness shortcoming privation rareness scarce scantness scarceness wantage short supply undersupply inadequateness underage outage sparsity defectiveness unavailability arrears adrenocortical perdue imperfection faultiness failure exiguity drought destitution deprivation depletion deficiency deficiencies defectibility defect defalcation curtailment beggary