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noun
- 1. an insufficient stock or amount of something: "soaring construction levels resulted in a global undersupply of steel"
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Examples of undersupply in a Sentence. an undersupply of affordable office space. Recent Examples on the Web Inflation, undersupply, high demand and exorbitant home prices are often reasons cited for why rents are high.
1. a supply which is less than what is required or necessary. the undersupply of residential apartments in the city. verb Word forms: -plies, -plying, -plied (transitive) 2. to supply less than required or necessary. Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers. Examples of 'undersupply' in a sentence. undersupply.
Synonyms for UNDERSUPPLY: shortage, lack, deficiency, scarcity, deficit, drought, famine, drouth; Antonyms of UNDERSUPPLY: amplitude, abundance, adequacy, wealth, plenty, sufficiency, opulence, plenitude.
A supply smaller than what is appropriate or required. tr.v. (ŭn′dər-sə-plī′) un·der·sup·plied, un·der·sup·ply·ing, un·der·sup·plies. To supply in an amount insufficient to what is appropriate or required. American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition.
noun. A supply smaller than what is appropriate or required. American Heritage. verb. To supply in an amount insufficient to what is appropriate or required. American Heritage. To provide with insufficient supplies; to supply inadequately. Wiktionary. Advertisement. Origin of Undersupply. under- +"Ž supply. From Wiktionary. serjeanty. unity.
undersupply. verb. To provide with insufficient supplies; to supply inadequately. exact (55) He says: "The help-to-buy Isa will help people scrape together deposits but it fails to address the root cause of unaffordability – the chronic undersupply of homes, which has driven up prices". 1. The Guardian - Money.
Definitions. from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition. noun A supply smaller than what is appropriate or required. transitive verb To supply in an amount insufficient to what is appropriate or required.
undersupply (third-person singular simple present undersupplies, present participle undersupplying, simple past and past participle undersupplied) To provide with insufficient supplies; to supply inadequately.
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A supply smaller than what is appropriate or required. tr.v. (ŭn′dər-sə-plī′) un·der·sup·plied, un·der·sup·ply·ing, un·der·sup·plies. To supply in an amount insufficient to what is appropriate or required. American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition.
