critical shortage
collocation in Englishmeaningsofcriticalandshortage
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critical
adjective
uk/ˈkrɪt.ɪ.kəl/us/ˈkrɪt̬.ɪ.kəl/
saying that someone or something is bad ...
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shortage
noun[C]
uk/ˈʃɔː.tɪdʒ/us/ˈʃɔːr.t̬ɪdʒ/
a situation in which there is not enough ...
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(Definition ofcriticalandshortagefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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The main problems were the paralysis of the transportation system and thecriticalshortageof housing.
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The right-to-buy programme, when coupled with restrictions on the use of capital receipts, has resulted in acriticalshortageof such housing.
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The shortage of mathematics teachers—acriticalshortage—was evident in 1975.
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There is acriticalshortageof speech therapists.
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Thecriticalshortageof human donor organs has led scientists to investigate xenotransplantation as an alternative potential source of organs.
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Even the dullest crystal would have been unable to conceal from the crystal-gazer thiscriticalshortageof teaching manpower.
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Certainly there was then acriticalshortageof teachers, and assistance from other sources of public funds was limited.
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Furthermore, there is acriticalshortageof ·303 ammunition.
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To improve the situation in the short to medium term, we are seeking to recruit fully trained individuals, particularly in thecriticalshortageareas.
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I think that firstly, we should supply emergency relief to the flood victims and, secondly, take immediate action to alleviate thecriticalshortageof medicines.
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There is acriticalshortageof town planners and valuers.
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The reason for the escalation of the housing problem is acriticalshortageof rented housing, which is the result of two specific trends.
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Today we have a situation in the world where we are fast approaching acriticalshortageof trained manpower at sea.
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Today, the dominant fact is full employment and acriticalshortageof labour in most industrial areas.
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I am thinking of thecriticalshortageof those teachers with the special skills required to teach either the very slow or the very gifted.
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My major point is that there is acriticalshortageof staff at all levels in the universities, the former colleges of advanced technology and the technical colleges.
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All the settlers were relanded at the colony, but there was still acriticalshortageof food.
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The sudden surge of thousands of new prisoners created acriticalshortageof places to confine them.
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By that time, acriticalshortageof alarm clocks had developed due to older clocks wearing out or breaking down.
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The massive expansion of the military led to acriticalshortageof male workers and increased female participation in the labour force.
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