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"a severe lack of" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
You can use it to describe a situation when there is only a small amount of something available or when something is almost completely gone. For example: "The village was faced with a severe lack of food during the long winter months."
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A severe lack of health insurance has severely dimmed these prospects.
Deficiencies occur only with a severe lack of protein.
There obviously is a severe lack of oversight in city contracts to construction companies.
The problem is a severe lack of office space in Manhattan and the surrounding boroughs.
Three weeks later Clapson died from diabetic ketoacidosis, caused by a severe lack of insulin.
A severe lack of manpower and heavy machinery was holding back relief efforts.
There also remained a "severe" lack of services for victims seeking treatment, assistance or protection.
Further complicating the situation is a severe lack of resources available to local police.
A perusal of the 59 pages of names indicates a severe lack of creativity.
However, there is a severe lack of applications that can make use of this data.
The report points to a "severe lack of cohesion right across the system between primary and secondary schools".
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