short supply
collocation in Englishmeaningsofshortandsupply
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short
adjective
uk/ʃɔːt/us/ʃɔːrt/
small in length, distance, ...
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supply
noun
uk/səˈplaɪ/us/səˈplaɪ/
an amount of something that is available ...
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(Definition ofshortandsupplyfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofshort supply
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Organs for transplantation are in desperatelyshortsupply.
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Yet medicine for virtually everyone was inshortsupply.
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Money, experienced administrators, and technicians came into increasinglyshortsupply.
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Manure is usually inshortsupply, bulky and heavy, and it can introduce weeds and pests.
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With housing inshortsupplygenerally, the danger of property speculation loomed large.
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The weavers remained out of work owing to theshortsupplyof yarn.
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At first, economic development and its attendant white-collar majorities were themselves inshortsupply.
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Nevertheless, this information is important because seed is precious and may be inshortsupply.
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Incisive policy formation, foresight and courage appear to have been inshortsupply.
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As mentioned earlier, nomination research has been inshortsupplyfor these newer democracies.
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Sometimes it is simply employing inexperienced or inept workers when skilled labour is inshortsupply.
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Geo-coded datasets are inshortsupply, though becoming much more prevalent.
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It may be inshortsupplyand priming might increase risk under such circumstances.
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Indicators are also in rathershortsupplywhen it comes to support for political actors.
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Even before the destruction and upheaval of partition, housing had been inshortsupply.
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However, empirical tests of their relative explanatory power using quantitative evidence have been inshortsupply.
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One can imagine that tree branches were soon inshortsupplynear waterholes.
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Train drivers are inshortsupplybecause the companies caused them to be inshortsupply.
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The elites have benefited more than the masses, and realistic programmes for wider benefit have been inshortsupply.
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This he demonstrates with a string of delightful anecdotes - never inshortsupplyfor so charismatic a figure.
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The government was particularly keen to court physicians, who were in alarminglyshortsupplysince the 1940s.
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There was a further problem in the sense that cattle were in extremelyshortsupplyin 1803.
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That said, and recent upsurge in critical interest notwithstanding, books about 1930s left writers remain in relativelyshortsupply.
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If a good or currency was inshortsupply, hundi/hawala interest rates were likely to have been correspondingly higher.
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Their art could not be divided into rudimentary tasks, and they labored tirelessly to keep their mastery inshortsupply.
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