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underbudget

underbudget verb: to budget a smaller amount that is needed.

Verb

underbudget (third-person singular simple present underbudgets, present participle underbudgeting, simple past and past participle underbudgeted)

  1. To budget a smaller amount that is needed.

Forms of underbudget

third-person singular presentunderbudgets
present participleunderbudgeting
past participleunderbudgeted
pastunderbudgeted

Origin of underbudget

From under- + budget.

Questions about underbudget

What does underbudget mean?
Underbudget means to budget a smaller amount that is needed.
What part of speech is underbudget?
Underbudget is a verb.
What is the past tense of underbudget?
The past tense of underbudget is underbudgeted.

Words near underbudget in the dictionary

  1. underbrows
  2. underbrush
  3. underbrushed
  4. underbrushes
  5. underbrushing
  6. underbudget
  7. underbudgeted
  8. underbudgeting
  9. underbudgets
  10. underbuild
  11. underbuilder

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