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underfinance

underfinance verb: to finance inadequately.

Verb

underfinance (third-person singular simple present underfinances, present participle underfinancing, simple past and past participle underfinanced)

  1. (transitive) To finance inadequately.

Forms of underfinance

third-person singular presentunderfinances
present participleunderfinancing
past participleunderfinanced
pastunderfinanced

Origin of underfinance

From under- + finance.

Questions about underfinance

What does underfinance mean?
Underfinance means to finance inadequately.
What part of speech is underfinance?
Underfinance is a verb.
What is the past tense of underfinance?
The past tense of underfinance is underfinanced.

Words near underfinance in the dictionary

  1. underfills
  2. underfilter
  3. underfiltered
  4. underfiltering
  5. underfilters
  6. underfinance
  7. underfinanced
  8. underfinances
  9. underfinancing
  10. underfinished
  11. underfire

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