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niedostatek — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • austerity noun Extreme plainness and self-discipline, with no luxuries.
  • dearth noun A serious shortage or scarcity of something.
  • insufficiency noun The lack of sufficiency: a shortage, the state of having or being not enough (of something).
  • lack noun The absence or shortage of something needed or wanted.
  • paucity noun A shortage of something, or a supply that is far smaller than is needed.
  • poverty noun The state of being poor; lacking enough money to meet basic needs.
  • scarcity noun A shortage; the state of not having enough of something.
  • shortfall noun An instance of falling short, of not meeting a quota, an obligation, or more generally any expected target.

Senses

niedostatek is used for these senses in English:

  • dearth (transitive, dated, obsolete) To cause or produce a scarcity in something.
  • insufficiency The lack of sufficiency; a shortage or inadequacy.
  • lack A deficiency or need (of something desirable or necessary); an absence, want, dearth.
  • paucity Fewness in number; too few.
  • poverty The quality or state of being poor; lack of money
  • scarcity (uncountable) The condition of something being scarce or deficient.
  • shortfall The amount by which such a quota, obligation, etc., was missed.

austerity — full definition

  1. noun Extreme plainness and self-discipline, with no luxuries.
  2. noun A government policy of cutting spending or raising taxes to reduce a deficit.

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