Having insufficient stock of goods, farm animals, etc.
the bleak, understocked shops
Example sentencesExamples
The surprising success of HDTVs was spotlighted during the last holiday season, when many retailers found themselves understocked.
Firms have been greatly surprised by the sustained, high demand gains, and have understaffed and understocked as a result of their caution.
Underemployed drill sergeants reassigned from understocked basic training bases could not be replaced quickly with comparable talent if enlistments pick up later.
Yeah, we know that compared to their counterparts around the nation, they're rather underfunded, understocked and short-staffed, and at least one local branch is downright moldy.
I went to look for you at the unwelcoming, understocked bookstore in the small Midwestern town in which I temporarily resided.
Vaccines for major biological threats (most notably, smallpox) remain understocked.
It hasn't happened, and the excuse I hear most often now is that cost-cutting measures have resulted in the place being understaffed, understocked, and generally miserable.
Angry shoppers have criticised the store as being persistently understocked, with basic items missing from the shelves.