in short supply

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in short supply

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Scarce, or difficult to find, or purchase. But that would require imagination - something in short supply in the Treasury.
Similar: at a premium, deficient, infrequent, poor, rare, scant, scanty, scarce, scarcity, thin, thin on the ground, uncommon

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@misc{in_short_supply_2026,
  title = {in short supply},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/in%20short%20supply},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}