deficiency
lack or shortage of an entity; a less than normal or necessary amount
Manko
German noun; shortfall (of money); money lacking in a cash register or till
Norwegian butter crisis
Late 2011 shortage of butter in Norway
deficiency
in medicine, lack or shortage of supply or function
time trouble
concept in chess
scarcity
fundamental problem of economics where there are limited resources to fulfill society's unlimited wants
resource starvation
resource shortage in computers
brownout
drop in voltage in an electrical power supply system
leaning toothpick syndrome
escape characters making an expression unreadable
want
economic term for something that is desired
pension gap
shortfall in pension
touch starvation
a partial or complete lack of physical contact in a person's life and the longing for the situation to change
fuel starvation
problem affecting internal combustion engines
democratic deficit
type of deficit
underemployment
underutilization of workers' talents or skills in employment
loophole
ambiguity or inadequacy in a system, allowing the purpose of the system to be circumvented
famine
widespread scarcity of food followed by regional malnutrition, starvation, epidemic, and increased mortality
excess demand
economic demand that exceeds supply