in short supply

English

Prepositional phrase

in short supply

  1. Scarce, or difficult to find, or purchase.
    • 2021 November 3, Christian Wolmar, “A lot of words... but very little in the way of action”, in RAIL, number 943, page 45:
      But that would require imagination - something in short supply in the Treasury.
    • 2025 March 24, David Hytner, “Reece James bends it like Beckham to help England break down Latvia”, in The Guardian‎[1]:
      The first half was attritional, too congested for England’s liking. Tuchel has talked about bringing Premier League levels of intensity but that was in short supply.

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