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undersupply en · NOUN
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Proto-Indo-European *h₁én
Proto-Indo-European *-tér
Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér
Proto-Indo-European *h₂én
Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-?
Proto-Indo-European *-dʰi
?
Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰí
Proto-Indo-European *-ér
Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰér
Proto-Germanic *under
Proto-West Germanic *undar
Old English under-
Middle English under-
English under-
English supply
English undersupply
From under- + supply.
Meanings
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(countable, uncountable) An inadequate supply.
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undersupply en · VERB
Pronunciation
Etymology
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₁én
Proto-Indo-European *-tér
Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér
Proto-Indo-European *h₂én
Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-?
Proto-Indo-European *-dʰi
?
Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰí
Proto-Indo-European *-ér
Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰér
Proto-Germanic *under
Proto-West Germanic *undar
Old English under-
Middle English under-
English under-
English supply
English undersupply
From under- + supply.
Meanings
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To provide with insufficient supplies; to supply inadequately
As a result, clinics and hospitals are understaffed and undersupplied.
2007 April 18, Elisabeth Rosenthal, “Iraq’s Public Health Services Severely Strained, Group Says”, in New York Times:
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