deficient vs in short supply

deficient

adj

  • Insufficient or inadequate in amount. 

  • Lacking something essential; often construed with in. 

  • Of a number n, Having the sum of divisors σ(n)<2n, or, equivalently, the sum of proper divisors (or aliquot sum) s(n). 

noun

  • A person who is deficient. 

in short supply

prep

  • scarce, or difficult to find, or buy. 

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