"underinvest" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: underinvests [present, singular, third-person], underinvesting [participle, present], underinvested [participle, past], underinvested [past]
Etymology: under- + invest Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|under|invest}} under- + invest Head templates: {{en-verb}} underinvest (third-person singular simple present underinvests, present participle underinvesting, simple past and past participle underinvested)
  1. (business) To invest insufficiently. Categories (topical): Business
    Sense id: en-underinvest-en-verb-hYYaWKOc Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with under- Topics: business

Inflected forms

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