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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Recovering and processing that gas, instead of wasting it, could ease Iraq's chronic power shortages.—
Emma Graham,
CNBC,
15 Oct. 2025
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The outbreak was forcing a shortage of eggs as well, leading some grocers to restrict how many dozens of eggs consumers could buy per visit.—
Olivia Evans,
Louisville Courier Journal,
15 Oct. 2025
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Some customers complained about the lack of human support, prompting Klarna to rethink part of its AI-first hiring strategy.—
Eleanor Pringle,
Fortune,
10 Oct. 2025
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One commenter offers some perspective, agreeing that the brother-in-law’s hurt about the lack of invitation is understandable, but the issue of the date feels less significant.—
Ashley Vega,
PEOPLE,
10 Oct. 2025
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“Undersupply.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/undersupply. Accessed 17 Oct. 2025.
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