"underspend" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: underspends [plural]
Rhymes: -ɛnd Etymology: under- + spend Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|under|spend}} under- + spend Head templates: {{en-noun}} underspend (plural underspends)
  1. An amount by which an allocated amount is not expended. Translations (Translations): onderuitgave [feminine] (Dutch)
    Sense id: en-underspend-en-noun-0EgKq2Po Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with under-, Terms with Dutch translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 56 44 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with under-: 61 39 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 72 28

Verb

Forms: underspends [present, singular, third-person], underspending [participle, present], underspent [participle, past], underspent [past]
Rhymes: -ɛnd Etymology: under- + spend Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|under|spend}} under- + spend Head templates: {{en-verb|underspends|underspending|underspent}} underspend (third-person singular simple present underspends, present participle underspending, simple past and past participle underspent)
  1. To spend too little of the funds appropriated or allocated.
    Sense id: en-underspend-en-verb-oYzioXdF

Inflected forms

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