undersupplies
Gives too little
Undersupplies means to supply insufficiently—to provide less of something than is needed or demanded.
The factory undersupplies the market during peak season.
As a noun, undersupplies are inadequate quantities: Chronic undersupplies of medicine plagued the region.
Failure to reach quota
- deficitAmount still owed
- scarcityInsufficiency of something needed
- insufficiencyShortfall in amount needed
- dearthAcute shortage of something
paucity · inadequacy · gap · deficiency · understock · underproduction · backorder · stockout
Severe food shortage
- droughtProlonged water scarcity
- starvationExtreme nutritional deprivation
- deprivationState of lacking necessities
- emergencySerious sudden danger
humanitarian · relief · aid · panic-buying · lifeline · intervention · rationing · privation
Mandated numerical limits
- allocationsDesignated shares of resources
- couponsRedeemable discount certificates
- wartimePeriod of armed conflict
- black-marketIllicit trading network
hoarding · austerity · restrictions · limits · embargoes · sanctions
Forceful request or requirement
- inventoryCatalog of held assets
- stockGoods kept for sale
- procurementObtaining goods externally
- logisticsCoordination of complex activities
distribution · vendors · wholesalers · buyers · consumers · purchasing · trade · commerce
shortfall
Failure to reach quota
- deficitAmount still owed
- scarcityInsufficiency of something needed
- insufficiencyShortfall in amount needed
dearth · paucity · inadequacy · gap · deficiency · understock · underproduction · backorder · stockout · bottleneck
famine
Severe food shortage
- droughtProlonged water scarcity
- starvationExtreme nutritional deprivation
- deprivationState of lacking necessities
emergency · humanitarian · relief · aid · panic-buying · lifeline · intervention · rationing · privation · want
quotas
Mandated numerical limits
- allocationsDesignated shares of resources
- couponsRedeemable discount certificates
- wartimePeriod of armed conflict
black-market · hoarding · austerity · restrictions · limits · embargoes · sanctions
demand
Forceful request or requirement
- inventoryCatalog of held assets
- stockGoods kept for sale
- procurementObtaining goods externally
logistics · distribution · vendors · wholesalers · buyers · consumers · purchasing · trade · commerce · goods
undersuppliesoversupplies
Provides excessive quantities
overstocks · overproduces · gluts · floods · saturates