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in short supply
Idioms and Phrases
Less than is needed, lacking. For example, Skilled operators were in short supply , or The hotels are all full, and beds are in short supply . [First half of 1900s]Example Sentences
So were medicines, in short supply and hoarded by those who could pay.
Six years on, the young mother's sunny persona is the one she uses to fight her public battle: championing the rights of others living with a disability in a country where inequity is rife and crucial resources are in short supply.
It is a candid admission, although detail is in short supply.
Fuel and generators are also said to be in short supply - especially in the north of Gaza - where it is urgently required, especially for water pumps and bakeries.
Laughter has been in short supply at Wales press conferences in recent times, but Jones ensured there was a jovial atmosphere at the beginning of another potentially turbulent campaign.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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