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underfinanced

underfinanced adjective: lacking sufficient financing.

Adjective

underfinanced (comparative more underfinanced, superlative most underfinanced)

  1. Lacking sufficient financing
    • G.M.'s plan may be underfinanced to the tune of $23 billion.2009 January 12, Robert Cyran, “Debt Could Crush G.M.’s Best Efforts”, in New York Times

Forms of underfinanced

comparativemore underfinanced
superlativemost underfinanced

Origin of underfinanced

From under- + financed.

Questions about underfinanced

What does underfinanced mean?
Underfinanced means lacking sufficient financing.
What part of speech is underfinanced?
Underfinanced is an adjective.

Words near underfinanced in the dictionary

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

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