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misbudget

misbudget verb: to budget too much or too little.

Verb

misbudget (third-person singular simple present misbudgets, present participle misbudgeting, simple past and past participle misbudgeted)

  1. To budget too much or too little.
    • Because a student misallocates or misbudgets time on one occasion does not necessarily mean the student will do so on all occasions1981, Antioch Law Journal - Volumes 1-2, page 41
    • In fiscal year 1984, BPA spent at least $60 million more on WPPS 2 to misbudget it.1985, United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, Bonneville Power Administration's Repayment of Its Obligations to The U.S. Treasury

Forms of misbudget

third-person singular presentmisbudgets
present participlemisbudgeting
past participlemisbudgeted
pastmisbudgeted

Origin of misbudget

From mis- + budget.

Questions about misbudget

What does misbudget mean?
Misbudget means to budget too much or too little.
What part of speech is misbudget?
Misbudget is a verb.
What is the past tense of misbudget?
The past tense of misbudget is misbudgeted.

Words near misbudget in the dictionary

  1. misbrews
  2. misbrief
  3. misbriefed
  4. misbriefing
  5. misbriefs
  6. misbudget
  7. misbudgeted
  8. misbudgeting
  9. misbudgets
  10. misbuild
  11. misbuilding

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