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underdiversified

underdiversified is the past participle of underdiversify.

Meaning of underdiversify

Verb

underdiversify (third-person singular simple present underdiversifies, present participle underdiversifying, simple past and past participle underdiversified)

  1. To fail to diversify sufficiently.
    • A trader may underdiversify by focusing too narrowly on a small number of underlying securities, as well as using too few types of options strategies.2013, M. Thomsett, Options for Risk-Free Portfolios, →ISBN

Adjective

underdiversified (comparative more underdiversified, superlative most underdiversified)

  1. Not sufficiently diversified.
    • All other things being equal, underdiversified portfolios tend to be riskier than those with a broader sampling of stocks.2007 July 15, Mark Hulbert, “Neighborly Advice, for Good or Ill”, in New York Times

Forms of underdiversified

comparativemore underdiversified
superlativemost underdiversified

Questions about underdiversified

What does underdiversified mean?
Underdiversified means not sufficiently diversified.
What is underdiversified the past participle of?
Underdiversified is the past participle of underdiversify.
What part of speech is underdiversified?
Underdiversified is an adjective.

Words near underdiversified in the dictionary

  1. underdistribution
  2. underdistributions
  3. underdiuresis
  4. underdivergence
  5. underdiversification
  6. underdiversified
  7. underdiversifies
  8. underdiversify
  9. underdiversifying
  10. underdo
  11. underdocument

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