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
Where the candidates stand on housing A chronic undersupply of homes has helped catapult prices to near-record highs.
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Samantha Delouya, CNN, 2 Nov. 2024
As The Guardian reported last year, a Green Party candidate in the Zambian presidential election promised to exploit the global undersupply of medical cannabis.
—John Collins, Foreign Affairs, 22 Mar. 2015
The automotive industry is also likely to experience a normalization of prices following a period of undersupply and unprecedented inflation.
—Trefis Team, Forbes, 12 Sep. 2024
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
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Samantha Delouya, CNN, 2 Nov. 2024
As The Guardian reported last year, a Green Party candidate in the Zambian presidential election promised to exploit the global undersupply of medical cannabis.
—John Collins, Foreign Affairs, 22 Mar. 2015
The automotive industry is also likely to experience a normalization of prices following a period of undersupply and unprecedented inflation.
—Trefis Team, Forbes, 12 Sep. 2024
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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for undersupply
Noun
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At least five controllers took 45 days of trauma leave after the incident, leading to a staffing shortage that canceled and delayed more than a thousand flights.—
Pete Muntean,
CNN Money,
19 May 2025
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The Philadelphia air traffic control facility that handles flights at Newark is also experiencing a staffing shortage.—
Megan Cerullo,
CBS News,
19 May 2025
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The defendants insisted there was no conspiracy and that NASL’s lack of recognition as a D1 or D2 league reflected its failure to meet objective metrics, including minimum stadium seating capacity, number of teams and time zone coverage.—
Michael McCann,
Sportico.com,
13 May 2025
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The lack of movement in the Mainland market shows that domestic issues, as opposed to foreign matters, are weighing on local sentiment.—
Brendan Ahern,
Forbes.com,
13 May 2025
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“Undersupply.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/undersupply. Accessed 24 May. 2025.
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