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underallocate

underallocate verb: to allocate too little of.

Verb

underallocate (third-person singular simple present underallocates, present participle underallocating, simple past and past participle underallocated)

  1. (transitive) To allocate too little of.

Forms of underallocate

third-person singular presentunderallocates
present participleunderallocating
past participleunderallocated
pastunderallocated

Origin of underallocate

From under- + allocate.

Questions about underallocate

What does underallocate mean?
Underallocate means to allocate too little of.
What part of speech is underallocate?
Underallocate is a verb.
What is the past tense of underallocate?
The past tense of underallocate is underallocated.

Words near underallocate in the dictionary

  1. underaided
  2. underaiding
  3. underaids
  4. underailable
  5. underailed
  6. underallocate
  7. underallocated
  8. underallocates
  9. underallocating
  10. underallocation
  11. underallocations

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