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Scarce, inadequate and not enough
be at a premiumidiom
be thin on the groundidiom
chronic shortage
dearth
dearth of something
gold dust
insufficiently
lack
lacking
like gold dustidiom
long on something and short on somethingidiom
lousy
scarce
scarcity
scrubby
shortage
shortness
shy
skinny
thin

shortfall | American Dictionary

shortfall
noun[ C ]
us/ˈʃɔrtˌfɔl/
an amount that is less than what was expected or needed:
The county had to close three of its four libraries because of a budget shortfall.

shortfall | Business English

shortfall
noun[ C ]
uk /ˈʃɔːtfɔːl/us
the difference between the amount of something, especially money, that you have and the amount that you need:
a shortfall of sthThe state is facing a budget shortfall of $1.75 billion for the fiscal year.
a shortfall in sthThe organization is grappling with a major shortfall in its final salary pension scheme.
a shortfall on sthI recently received notification of a potential shortfall on my low-cost endowment.
make up/cover/meet a shortfall
a pension/funding/budget shortfall

Examples of shortfall

shortfall
However, stochastic locations of 20 microsatellites on six chromosomes of greatly differing sizes could also contribute to the shortfall in number of linkage groups.
Revenue shortfalls in the basic pension system also exacerbated central budget deficits as the state absorbed higher proportions of program financing.
Shortfall was measured relative to the real (indexed) value of the liabilities.
Specifically, any shortfall or surplus in the government budget is made up by a lump-sum tax on household incomes, while nominal household savings remain fixed.
This paper has gone some way towards filling this shortfall.
They calculate a personal probability of consumption shortfall and show that it is substantial, particularly for high-entry ages.
The housing shortfall was exacerbated by the demolition of properties to widen roads and create new market areas.
As well as the quantitative shortfalls, there are concerns about the quality of many older people's services.
The shortfall in the neutron flux was a puzzle, some implications of which will be mentioned in the next section.
The cultivators demanded compensation for the water shortfall.
In this sense quality can be the excess or shortfall of experience or empeiria.
The higher production in 1964/65 was not enough to make up for the shortfall in production in the preceding two years.
Most importantly, it presumably wouldn't be characterized by the serious moral shortfalls that he outlines in the current global order.
The main shortfall occurs when the author offers arguments against sketchy accounts of rule-based grammars.
However, other commentators have questioned the view that shortness of stature represents a shortfall in health.
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Collocations withshortfall

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budget shortfall
I therefore do not accept that there is a budgetshortfall.
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