shortage

English Thesaurus

1. the property of being an amount by which something is less than expected or required (noun.attribute)

hypernym	:	deficiency, inadequacy, insufficiency,
definition	:	lack of an adequate quantity or number (noun.attribute)

hyponym	:	oxygen deficit,
definition	:	temporary oxygen shortage in cells resulting from strenuous exercise (noun.attribute)

2. an acute insufficiency (noun.state)

hypernym	:	deficiency, lack, want,
definition	:	the state of needing something that is absent or unavailable (noun.state)