English-Thai Dictionary

shortage

N ความขาดแคลน  ความขัดสน  ความ อัตคัด  deficiency deficit inadequacy adequacy sufficiency kwam-kad-kan

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

SHORTAGE

SHORTAGE Short "age, n.

 

Defn: Amount or extent of deficiency, as determined by some requirement or standard; as, a shortage in money accounts.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

shortage

short age |ˈSHôrtij ˈʃɔrdɪʤ | ▶noun a state or situation in which something needed cannot be obtained in sufficient amounts: a shortage of hard cash | food shortages.

 

Oxford Dictionary

shortage

short |age |ˈʃɔːtɪdʒ | ▶noun a state or situation in which something needed cannot be obtained in sufficient amounts: a shortage of hard cash | food shortages | [ mass noun ] : the problems of land shortage in the countryside.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

shortage

shortage noun the islanders are accustomed to a shortage of fresh water: scarcity, sparseness, sparsity, dearth, paucity, poverty, insufficiency, deficiency, inadequacy, famine, lack, want, deficit, shortfall, rarity. ANTONYMS abundance.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

shortage

shortage noun the shortage of people with adequate training: scarcity, sparseness, sparsity, dearth, paucity, poverty, insufficiency, deficiency, inadequacy, famine, lack, want, meagreness, scantiness, limitedness, restrictedness, deficit, shortfall, rarity, rareness; rare exiguity. ANTONYMS abundance.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

shortage

short age /ʃɔ́ː r tɪdʒ / (! -ageは /ɪdʒ /) 〖short (足りない )age (状態 )〗名詞 複 ～s /-ɪz /U C 不足 , 欠乏 ▸ a serious shortage of labor [teachers ]深刻な労働力 [教員 ]不足 ▸ water [food ] shortage (s )水 [食糧 ]不足 .