| shortage | n kekurangan: there is a ~ of water, terdapat kekurangan air; the office is facing a ~ of staff, pejabat itu menghadapi kekurangan kakitangan. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| famine | n 1. acute shortage of food, kebuluran, kahat; 2. acute shortage, kekurangan [n] yg teruk: the strike caused a ~ in coal, mogok itu menyebabkan kekurangan bekalan batu arang yg teruk. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| dearth | n scarcity, shortage, kekurangan: a ~ of good reading material, kekurangan bahan bacaan yg baik. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| stringent | 2. marked by shortage or scarcity of money, menyulitkan: a ~ loan policy, dasar pinjaman yg menyulitkan. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| lack | n 1. (shortage) kekurangan, kurangnya, kurang; (complete absence) the students showed a ~ of interest in the subject, penuntut-penuntut itu menunjukkan minat yg kurang dlm mata pelajaran tersebut; ~ of oil caused the engine to heat up, enjin itu menjadi panas krn kekurangan minyak; / or, through /~ of, krn /kurang(nya), tdk ada/; no ~ of, banyak; (rel to response, enthusiasm, excitement, etc) sangat: there is no ~ of grazing ground for the animals, terdapat banyak padang ragut utk binatang-binatang itu; there was certainly no ~ of response to the appeal, rayuan itu memang mendapat sambutan yg sangat menggalakkan; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| lack | n 1. (shortage) kekurangan, kurangnya, kurang; (complete absence) the students showed a ~ of interest in the subject, penuntut-penuntut itu menunjukkan minat yg kurang dlm mata pelajaran tersebut; ~ of oil caused the engine to heat up, enjin itu menjadi panas krn kekurangan minyak; / or, through /~ of, krn /kurang(nya), tdk ada/; no ~ of, banyak; (rel to response, enthusiasm, excitement, etc) sangat: there is no ~ of grazing ground for the animals, terdapat banyak padang ragut utk binatang-binatang itu; there was certainly no ~ of response to the appeal, rayuan itu memang mendapat sambutan yg sangat menggalakkan; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| hoard | vi menyorokkan + approp n: in times of shortage people are inclined to ~, dlm masa kekurangan barang, orang lebih suka utk menyorokkannya; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| impel | vt force, drive, (act.) mendorong; (pass.) terdorong: shortage of money ~led him to take the first job he was offered, kekurangan wang mendorongnya utk menerima jawatan pertama yg ditawarkan kepadanya; he felt ~led to object to the procedures, dia berasa terdorong utk menolak tatacara itu; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| scrub 1 | 2. (colloq) cancel, membatalkan: because of a shortage of funds it is likely that the project will be ~bed, oleh sebab kekurangan wang, nampaknya projek itu akan dibatalkan; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| relative | ~ to, a. in proportion to, berbanding dgn: there is a shortage of supply ~ to demand, ada kekurangan penawaran berbanding dgn permintaan; b. connected with, /berkaitan, berhubungan, bersangkutan /dgn: data ~ to the proposed project, data yg berkaitan dgn projek yg dicadangkan; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |