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undercapitalize

undercapitalize verb: to supply with insufficient capital.

Verb

undercapitalize (third-person singular simple present undercapitalizes, present participle undercapitalizing, simple past and past participle undercapitalized)

  1. To supply with insufficient capital

Forms of undercapitalize

third-person singular presentundercapitalizes
present participleundercapitalizing
past participleundercapitalized
pastundercapitalized

Origin of undercapitalize

From under- + capitalize.

Questions about undercapitalize

What does undercapitalize mean?
Undercapitalize means to supply with insufficient capital.
What part of speech is undercapitalize?
Undercapitalize is a verb.
What is the past tense of undercapitalize?
The past tense of undercapitalize is undercapitalized.

Words near undercapitalize in the dictionary

  1. undercapitalise
  2. undercapitalised
  3. undercapitalises
  4. undercapitalising
  5. undercapitalization
  6. undercapitalize
  7. undercapitalized
  8. undercapitalizes
  9. undercapitalizing
  10. undercaps
  11. undercaptain

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