in short supply 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 buy."
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        {
          "word": "deficient"
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          "word": "infrequent"
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        {
          "word": "poor"
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        {
          "word": "rare"
        },
        {
          "word": "scant"
        },
        {
          "word": "scanty"
        },
        {
          "word": "scarce"
        },
        {
          "word": "scarcity"
        },
        {
          "word": "thin"
        },
        {
          "word": "thin on the ground"
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        {
          "word": "uncommon"
        },
        {
          "word": "wanting"
        }
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  "word": "in short supply"
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      "word": "rare"
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    },
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      "word": "uncommon"
    },
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      "word": "wanting"
    }
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  "word": "in short supply"
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"in short supply" meaning in English

Prepositional phrase