in short supply

idiom

: available in amounts that are less than needed
Gasoline is in short supply.

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In an age where mercy often feels in short supply, Francis insisted there was no bottom to God's well of forgiveness. Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Apr. 2025 The Food and Drug Administration allows compounding pharmacies to sell copies of drugs when the medications are in short supply. Ken Alltucker, USA Today, 25 Apr. 2025 One way to avoid the formation of molecular hydrogen is to blast it with high-energy ultraviolet (UV) radiation, which was in short supply in the early universe, because stars hadn't formed yet. Paul Sutter, Space.com, 21 Apr. 2025 Zoom in: Heron plans to manufacture solid-state electrical transformers in the U.S. Transformers adjust electricity voltage and are in short supply as grids face surging electricity demand from power-hungry AI data centers. Alan Neuhauser, Axios, 7 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for in short supply

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“In short supply.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/in%20short%20supply. Accessed 30 Apr. 2025.

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