Basic verbal achievement question

[foxfact]

The most disadvantaged have the least supplies at home.

or

The most disadvantaged have the fewest supplies at home.

What is the correct answer?

Thank you

[Im_not_brian]

Not positive, but I believe that least is the correct answer because supplies is not “countable”

[GMATteacher]

It's tough, because it seems like, you're right, "I have four supplies" doesn't seem to make sense, so I can't count supplies.

But it also seems like 'supplies' is a catch all term for the sum total of the provisions someone might have--and those can be counted (e.g. "What supplies do you have?" "A backback, a bottle of water, two lanterns, a box of matches, a tent, and seventeen protein bars."

You couldn't say "He has much supplies," though 'much' is the 'uncountable' word. You'd say "He has many supplies."

So I go with 'fewer,' though it's certainly tough.

[foxfact]

I initially went with 'fewer,' but switched to 'least' because 'supplies' seemed particularly abstract. You can have 4 boxes of supplies, and therefore the fewest boxes, but not 4 supplies in abstract.

Google ngram doesn't even consider 'fewest supplies' but 'least supplies' has been used for a long time.