English to afrikaans meaning of

shortage

Die woordeboekdefinisie van die woord "tekort" is 'n situasie waarin daar nie genoeg van iets is wat nodig of verlang word nie, veral iets wat noodsaaklik of belangrik is. Dit kan ook verwys na 'n tekort of gebrek aan 'n bepaalde item of hulpbron, of 'n situasie waarin die vraag na iets die beskikbare aanbod oorskry. Byvoorbeeld, 'n tekort aan kos of water in 'n bepaalde streek of 'n tekort aan geskoolde werkers in 'n bepaalde industrie.

Synonyms

  1. dearth
  2. famine

Sentence Examples

  1. Pati had no shortage of possibilities since the tragic event on the ice-mining ship, or the accidental death of her husband, and the more they pressed, the more she had answers.
  2. There was no shortage of dry wood on the ground and soon the pit was filled with kindling, with a tepee of thicker branches rising over it.
  3. There was no shortage of these, with crowds of workers waiting to board.
  4. At Portsmouth naval base, we have no shortage of hardware but we have very few trained personnel.
  5. Antonette assumed responsibility for defraying the crises that arose in the aftermath of the Passing, from the housing shortage across the continent, as well as coordinating massive food shipments to be disbursed evenly among the affected population.
  6. The cold Austrian had no shortage of character flaws, but she also possessed the killer instinct that was needed to win this battle.
  7. And there was no shortage of lovely girls coming forward with platters to lay before him.
  8. The captive assiduously studied each of them, taking in every detail, his arms folded, staring back with no shortage of contempt.
  9. There would be no shortage of hours to ponder her next move.
  10. Her life had become an endless cycle of mistakes, and no matter what choices she made, there was no shortage of misery.
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