in short supply

Idioms  

1. 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]

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Example Sentences

The money to pay for professional and aspiring athletes to train abroad is also in short supply.

From Barron's

Time and patience - precious commodities at Brentford - were in short supply.

From BBC

With medicine, food and fuel all in short supply, sports equipment comes much lower on the list of items entering the Palestinian territory.

From Barron's

Mass production of these compounded versions is allowed when the original brands are in short supply—as the original Wegovy shot used to be—but compounding is supposed to be more limited when the original brand has an adequate supply.

From The Wall Street Journal

For one, the Wegovy pill is not in short supply, according to the FDA, and that’s one of the gaps that compounding pharmacies can legally step in to fill.

From MarketWatch

Related Words

• deficient
• limited
• rare
• scant
• scanty
• sparse
• sporadic