shortage

n.
A deficiency in amount; an insufficiency.

noun

The condition or fact of being deficient: defect, deficiency, deficit, inadequacy, insufficiency, lack, paucity, poverty, scantiness, scantness, scarceness, scarcity, shortcoming, shortfall, underage¹. See excess/insufficiency/enough.

n

Definition: deficiency
Antonyms: abundance, ample, enough, sufficiency

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A condition that exists when demand exceeds supply because of a lack of equilibrium in a market. If a price is artificially low, buyers want to buy more of a good than sellers are willing to sell. (Compare surplus.)

IN BRIEF: n. - An acute insufficiency.

Part of the problem today is that we have a surplus of simple answers and a shortage of simple problems. — unknown, Source: Syracuse Herald

Dansk (Danish)
n. - mangel, knaphed, underskud

Nederlands (Dutch)
tekort

Français (French)
n. - pénurie, manque

Deutsch (German)
n. - Mangel

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - ανεπάρκεια, έλλειψη, έλλειμμα

Italiano (Italian)
mancanza

Português (Portuguese)
n. - escassez (f)

Русский (Russian)
нехватка

Español (Spanish)
n. - déficit, escasez, falta, insuficiencia

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - brist, knapphet, underskott

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
不足, 缺乏

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 不足, 缺乏

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 부족 , 부족액, 결핍

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 不足, 不足高

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) عجز, نقص‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮מחסור, חוסר, גירעון‬

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