undersupply
Meaning
To provide with insufficient supplies; to supply inadequately
To provide with insufficient supplies; to supply inadequately
An inadequate supply.
An inadequate supply.
Examples
As a result, clinics and hospitals are understaffed and undersupplied.
Word Forms
undersupplies
undersupplying
undersupplied
Etymology
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₁én
Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér
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.