starvation

noun3

1. •
   A condition of severe suffering due to a lack of nutrition.
2. •
   A state where a process is perpetually denied necessary resources to process its work.

   • Whenever multiple threads compete for a scarce resource, there is the danger of starvation, a situation in which the thread never gets the resource. — 2004
3. •
   (figurative) Severe shortage of resources.

   • Fuel starvation has several causes. — 1963