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underfinancing

underfinancing is the present participle and gerund of underfinance.

Meaning of underfinance

Verb

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

  1. (transitive) To finance inadequately.

Noun

underfinancing (uncountable)

  1. The provision of inadequate finance

Origin of underfinancing

From underfinance + -ing.

Questions about underfinancing

What does underfinancing mean?
Underfinancing means the provision of inadequate finance.
What is underfinancing the present participle and gerund of?
Underfinancing is the present participle and gerund of underfinance.
What part of speech is underfinancing?
Underfinancing is a noun.

Words near underfinancing in the dictionary

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

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Adapted from Wiktionary: underfinancing (page history and authors); underfinance (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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