How to Use undersupply in a Sentence

undersupply

noun
  • All three metros have an undersupply of about 5%, the analysis found.
    Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 22 July 2022
  • Our country faces an undersupply of providers and postpartum support.
    Courtney Lund O'Neil, Parents, 18 Sep. 2023
  • 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
  • This increase in cost ratio is due to undersupply conditions and inflation.
    Quartz Bot, Quartz, 12 Nov. 2024
  • Economic pressures and a lack of staff contribute to the undersupply, healthcare experts said.
    Julie Washington, cleveland, 17 July 2023
  • Automakers have been plagued by years of supply chain issues, chip shortages, and more recently, work stoppages, which has led to a steady undersupply in the car market.
    Bywill Daniel, Fortune, 16 Sep. 2023
  • Clearly, the undersupply of police officers in this country is more than concerning and speaks to a greater societal issue.
    Jerald McNair, Chicago Tribune, 14 May 2024
  • The housing market continues to struggle with nearly high mortgage rates and home prices, driven by years of undersupply and slow home construction.
    Sydney Lake, Fortune, 24 July 2025
  • Inflation, undersupply, high demand and exorbitant home prices are often reasons cited for why rents are high.
    Medora Lee, USA TODAY, 8 May 2024
  • Declines in the West are due to the tech industry slowdown and a severe lack of affordability after decades of undersupply.
    Lance Lambert, Fortune, 11 Apr. 2023
  • Soaring rents and an undersupply of affordable housing are the key factors behind the evictions, according to Shachter.
    John Laidler, BostonGlobe.com, 20 Feb. 2020
  • At the same time, there was a dramatic undersupply of multifamily properties.
    Sydney Lake, Fortune, 4 Jan. 2024
  • That resulted in a correction that created something of an undersupply today.
    Diana Olick, CNBC, 29 Oct. 2025
  • Therefore, oversupply remains as much of an area of concern for SAF sellers as undersupply remains one for the buyers.
    Gaurav Sharma, Forbes, 19 Jan. 2025
  • As the tech economy in the state has exploded, regressive housing policies have led to an undersupply of housing, resulting in the highest rate of poverty in the country.
    Zack Rosen, Fortune, 1 July 2022
  • The multi-year undersupply of homes relative to household formation has created a structural deficit estimated at hundreds of thousands of units.
    Brad Hunter, Forbes.com, 7 Jan. 2026
  • More houses are coming onto the market A persistent undersupply of housing has exerted upward pressure on home prices in many markets across the country, but some relief is ahead.
    Bryan Mena, CNN, 8 Aug. 2024
  • This undersupply raises housing prices and prevents many Americans from becoming homeowners.
    Brian Deese, Foreign Affairs, 12 Mar. 2025
  • This die penalty creates a structural undersupply throughout the memory market, which supports pricing even beyond AI demand.
    Trefis Team, Forbes.com, 29 Jan. 2026
  • In 2024, the market shifted, leaving an overabundance of training compute and an undersupply of inference compute.
    Craig S. Smith, Forbes, 8 Mar. 2025
  • Hines' research paper points to big opportunities right now in Europe, where undersupply and growing demand could mean big potential for both developers and investors.
    Diana Olick, CNBC, 14 Oct. 2025
  • The multiyear undersupply could last until 2028 when APA expects first oil in Suriname.
    Justin Zacks, CNBC, 20 May 2026
  • In Berlin, a nurse in an intensive care unit who prefers to be called Nico because he’s not authorized to speak to the news media loves working with patients, and the undersupply of nurses means ironclad job stability.
    Lenora Chu, The Christian Science Monitor, 6 Apr. 2020
  • In late March, regional Russian officials were sounding alarm bells about a drastic undersupply of protective equipment and pervasive confusion about how they were supposed to tackle the virus.
    Anton Troianovski, New York Times, 14 May 2020
  • Very often, this leads to overproduction or undersupply as producers misjudge the level of demand, resulting in either glut or shortages, with a corresponding impact on pricing and inventory.
    Jon Stojan, Journal Sentinel, 2 June 2023
  • Housing undersupply can be solved by reducing government regulations especially in suburban and rural areas.
    Phillip Molnar, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Feb. 2026
  • When the league’s average ticket price goes up in a year when 10 teams are at least 10 games out before the season is halfway done, supply and demand is tilted, with an oversupply of tanking teams and an undersupply of competitive ones.
    Bill Shaikin, latimes.com, 16 June 2018
  • Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley predict the undersupply of chips will persist and keep memory prices heavily inflated through at least 2027.
    Mary Whitfill Roeloffs, Forbes.com, 25 June 2026
  • The roots of the shortage go back to the aftermath of the Global Financial Crisis, when cautious developers were hesitant to invest in new construction and set a precedent of undersupply that’s continued to now.
    Dylan Sloan, Fortune, 8 Mar. 2024
  • Regulations for childcare, particularly in the United States, could be responsible for an undersupply of daycare facilities.
    Foreign Affairs, 16 Dec. 2025

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