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underdiversify

underdiversify verb: to fail to diversify sufficiently.

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
    • Individual investors underdiversify.2014, Michael A. Ervolini, Managing Equity Portfolios, →ISBN

Forms of underdiversify

third-person singular presentunderdiversifies
present participleunderdiversifying
past participleunderdiversified
pastunderdiversified
alternative formunder-diversify

Origin of underdiversify

From under- + diversify.

Questions about underdiversify

What does underdiversify mean?
Underdiversify means to fail to diversify sufficiently.
What part of speech is underdiversify?
Underdiversify is a verb.
What is the past tense of underdiversify?
The past tense of underdiversify is underdiversified.

Words near underdiversify in the dictionary

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

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