недостиг — meaning in English

English meaning

• deficiency noun A lack or shortage of something necessary, especially for health.
• penury noun Extreme need or want; destitution, poverty; (countable) an instance of this.
• poverty noun The state of being poor; lacking enough money to meet basic needs.
• privation noun The state of being deprived of or lacking an attribute formerly or properly possessed; the loss or absence of such an attribute.
• scarcity noun A shortage; the state of not having enough of something.
• shortage noun A situation where there is not enough of something needed.
• shortcoming noun A fault or weakness in someone or something that stops them being as good as they should be.
• want verb To wish for or desire something.

Senses

недостиг is used for these senses in English:

• deficiency (countable) An insufficiency, especially of something essential to health.
• penury (countable, now, chiefly, poetic) Often followed by of: a lack of something; a dearth, a scarcity.
• poverty The quality or state of being poor; lack of money
• poverty A deficiency of something needed or desired
• privation (philosophy) The state of being deprived of or lacking an attribute formerly or properly possessed; the loss or absence of such an attribute.
• scarcity (countable) An inadequate amount of something; a shortage.
• shortage A lack or deficiency; an insufficient amount.
• shortcoming A deficiency or falling short; failure to attain a goal or ideal.

penury — full definition

1. noun Extreme need or want; destitution, poverty; (countable) an instance of this.
2. noun Often followed by of: a lack of something; a dearth, a scarcity.
3. noun The quality of being miserly; miserliness, parsimoniousness, stinginess.

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