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underallocation

underallocation noun: a less than normal, or insufficient, allocation.

Noun

underallocation (countable and uncountable, plural underallocations)

  1. A less than normal, or insufficient, allocation.
    • Combining data from males from this experiment (plus females in the underallocation treatment) and females from the Creighton et al.2015 November 25, “Differences in Patterns of Reproductive Allocation between the Sexes in Nicrophorus orbicollis”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Forms of underallocation

pluralunderallocations

Origin of underallocation

From under- + allocation.

Questions about underallocation

What does underallocation mean?
Underallocation means a less than normal, or insufficient, allocation.
What part of speech is underallocation?
Underallocation is a noun.
What is the plural of underallocation?
The plural of underallocation is underallocations.

Words near underallocation in the dictionary

  1. underailed
  2. underallocate
  3. underallocated
  4. underallocates
  5. underallocating
  6. underallocation
  7. underallocations
  8. underallotment
  9. underallotments
  10. underambition
  11. underambitious

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