"in short supply" meaning in English

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          "text": "But that would require imagination - something in short supply in the Treasury.",
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        "Scarce, or difficult to find, or purchase."
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        {
          "word": "deficient"
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        {
          "word": "infrequent"
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        {
          "word": "poor"
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        {
          "word": "rare"
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        {
          "word": "scant"
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        {
          "word": "scanty"
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        {
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        {
          "word": "scarcity"
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          "word": "thin"
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          "word": "thin on the ground"
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