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

Otherwise, levity was in short supply.

From The Wall Street Journal

Such time is now in short supply, of course.

From BBC

Those intercepts are a success -- they prevented the missiles from striking their targets -- but they also come at the cost of pricey, high-tech interceptors that are in short supply.

From Barron's

Air-defense interceptors aren’t the only munitions that are in short supply.

From The Wall Street Journal

Sunshine was in short supply - as people in Aberdeen will confirm.

From BBC

Related Words

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