skills shortage
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.85 in modern English
22
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
3
Syllables
11
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A lack of specialized workforce.
Example Sentences
- "Her decision reflects what seems to be an accelerating trend here. Professionals, often young and in middle management but increasingly also senior executives, are leaving, adding to a skills shortage that is already acute."
- "Think about what we would expect to find if there really were a skills shortage. Above all, we should see workers with the right skills doing well, while only those without those skills are doing badly. We don’t."