undersupply

undersupply

English

Etymology

    From under- + supply.

    Pronunciation

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    Verb

    undersupply (third-person singular simple present undersupplies, present participle undersupplying, simple past and past participle undersupplied)

    1. To provide with insufficient supplies; to supply inadequately
      • 2007 April 18, Elisabeth Rosenthal, “Iraq’s Public Health Services Severely Strained, Group Says”, in New York Times[1]:
        As a result, clinics and hospitals are understaffed and undersupplied.

    Noun

    undersupply (countable and uncountable, plural undersupplies)

    1. An inadequate supply.