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 federal government officially began a partial shutdown with no last-minute drama or shortage of finger-pointing from Democrats and Republicans, each of whom was content to blame the other for the impasse.—
Lorenzino Estrada,
AZCentral.com,
1 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,
1 Oct. 2025
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Youths frustrated at a social media ban, corruption and lack of economic opportunities coordinated mass protests via Discord that helped bring down the government.—
Mandy Taheri,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 Oct. 2025
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If the shutdown drags on, the lack of government data could strain investors’ understanding of the health of the labor market and path of inflation at a time when stocks are historically expensive and vulnerable to a surprise.—
John Towfighi,
CNN Money,
3 Oct. 2025
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“Undersupply.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/undersupply. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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