noun
ADJECTIVE
▪ acute , chronic , critical , desperate , dire , serious , severe
▪
the current acute ~ of teachers
▪ growing , increasing
▪ future , impending , looming
▪
a looming housing ~ in the city
▪ general
▪ national , nationwide , world
▪
the world ~ of coffee
▪ current
▪ wartime
▪ supply
▪ cash , electricity , energy , food , fuel , gas , gasoline ( AmE ), housing , oil , petrol ( BrE ), power , water
▪ labour/labor , manpower , nursing , personnel ( esp. AmE ), skill , skills , staff , staffing , teacher
VERB + SHORTAGE
▪ cause , create , lead to , result in
▪ be affected by , be hampered by , experience , face , have , suffer , suffer from
▪
Industry is facing a serious skills ~.
▪ alleviate , ease
▪
The recent heavy rains have helped to ease the water ~.
▪ address , deal with , fill , meet , overcome , solve , tackle
▪ exacerbate
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The energy ~s were exacerbated by the severe winter.
SHORTAGE + VERB
▪ occur
▪ cause sth , lead to sth
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A ~ of resources has led to a cutback.
PREPOSITION
▪ because of a/the ~ , due to a/the ~
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Lives are being put at risk because of staff ~s.
▪ ~ in
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Their economy continued to suffer ~s in raw materials.
▪ ~ of
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a ~ of organ donors