The prolonged drought caused a severe water shortage, forcing the town to ration supplies for its residents.
持续的干旱造成了严重的水资源短缺，迫使该镇对居民实行限量供应。
Economist Julian Marsh contends that rent control policies discourage landlords from investing in new rental units, ultimately reducing the overall housing supply and making the housing shortage worse for everyone, including future tenants.
From a Cross-Text Connections question · Craft and Structure
Urban planner Delphine Roy advocates for replacing single-family zoning with mixed-density zoning near transit stations, arguing it would ease the regional housing shortage.
From a Cross-Text Connections question · Craft and Structure
Which choice best defines “shortage”?
D — A situation where there is not enough of something. “shortage” means a situation where there is not enough of something.
Which word means “a situation where there is not enough of something”?
C — shortage. “shortage” means a situation where there is not enough of something.
shortage — a situation where there is not enough of something. In Chinese: 短缺，不足.
shortage is pronounced /ˈʃɔrtɪdʒ/.
The prolonged drought caused a severe water shortage, forcing the town to ration supplies for its residents. (持续的干旱造成了严重的水资源短缺，迫使该镇对居民实行限量供应。)
deficit, scarcity, dearth — all close in meaning to shortage (a situation where there is not enough of something).
surplus, abundance — each the opposite of shortage (a situation where there is not enough of something).
Yes. shortage is on the SAT Prep Basic list — the everyday academic words the SAT assumes you already have. The Digital SAT does not test vocabulary in isolation; words like this one are tested through Words in Context questions, where you choose the word that completes a passage most logically and precisely.