Wat betekent shortage in het Engels en wat is de definitie van shortage?

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shortage Betekenis, Definitie, Uitspraak, Grammatica & Synoniemen❤️

0 a situation in which there is not enough of something:
- There's a shortage of food and shelter in the refugee camps.
- The long hot summer has led to serious water shortages.
1 a lack of something needed:
- There is a severe shortage of low-cost housing in the city.
2 a situation in which there is less of something than people want or need:
- a shortage of sth New Orleans is suffering from an acute shortage of housing.
- California faces a shortage of college-educated workers that could slow its economic growth.
- an energy/food/water shortage
- a labour/skills/staff shortage
3 a lot of something:
- He has no shortage of ambition or energy.
- There is no shortage of new land to build on.

The government's programme to grow cash crops for export is a double-edged sword because it has created a local food shortage.
There's a shortage of cheap housing in the region.
Schools nationwide are experiencing a shortage of teachers.
There's a shortage of cheap accommodation .
The government admitted that there was a petrol shortage, but warned people against panic buying.
Given the continual shortages of funds to meet its budget the government is unlikely to consider a halt to logging.
The magazine also predicted that closures would accelerate, possibly leading to a shortage of supply if the transition period was too short.
Overall, however, there was no shortage of resources; the main anxiety for the project team related to time and the pressure to deliver successful outcomes.