as in shortage
a falling short of an essential or desirable amount or number
an undersupply of affordable office space
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Recent Examples of undersupply
This undersupply raises housing prices and prevents many Americans from becoming homeowners.
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Brian Deese, Foreign Affairs, 12 Mar. 2025
In 2024, the market shifted, leaving an overabundance of training compute and an undersupply of inference compute.
—Craig S. Smith, Forbes, 8 Mar. 2025
This increase in cost ratio is due to undersupply conditions and inflation.
—Quartz Bot, Quartz, 12 Nov. 2024
Where the candidates stand on housing A chronic undersupply of homes has helped catapult prices to near-record highs.
—Samantha Delouya, CNN, 2 Nov. 2024
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Brian Deese, Foreign Affairs, 12 Mar. 2025
In 2024, the market shifted, leaving an overabundance of training compute and an undersupply of inference compute.
—Craig S. Smith, Forbes, 8 Mar. 2025
This increase in cost ratio is due to undersupply conditions and inflation.
—Quartz Bot, Quartz, 12 Nov. 2024
Where the candidates stand on housing A chronic undersupply of homes has helped catapult prices to near-record highs.
—Samantha Delouya, CNN, 2 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for undersupply
Noun
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The 2021 Colonial Pipeline ransomware attack shut down the largest refined products pipeline in the United States for several days, creating fuel shortages and demonstrating how OT disruptions cascade through the economy.—
Bob Ackerman,
Forbes.com,
10 Sep. 2025
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In a decade that some critics believe has a shortage of newness and invention, slop is one of the few frontiers that’s actively being pushed.—
Kieran Press-Reynolds,
Pitchfork,
10 Sep. 2025
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Trump’s encouragement of Walker was enough to spur him into the race, though Republicans as a whole were hesitant, given Walker’s lack of experience and standing as an unknown quantity among GOP voters.—
Kimberly Ross,
The Washington Examiner,
12 Sep. 2025
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Traditional data lakes can store raw data at scale but lack quality controls, while warehouses enforce structure but struggle with unstructured or fast changing data.—
Matthew Kayser,
USA Today,
12 Sep. 2025
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“Undersupply.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/undersupply. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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