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

This process becomes especially important when oxygen is in short supply.

From Science Daily

Making matters more maddening, replacement units appear to be in short supply.

From The Wall Street Journal

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

Related Words

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