undersupply

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English

Etymology

under- +‎ supply

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:
      As a result, clinics and hospitals are understaffed and undersupplied.

Noun

undersupply (countable and uncountable, plural undersupplies)

  1. An inadequate supply.