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underlicensed

underlicensed adjective: having purchased fewer licences than are legally required.

Adjective

underlicensed (comparative more underlicensed, superlative most underlicensed)

  1. Having purchased fewer licences than are legally required.
    • If you are in the situation where the shortfall or deficit is too large, clearly you will need to establish if the installed software that is underlicensed is actually in use and/or required in the business.2011, Martyn Hobbs, IT Asset Management: A Pocket Survival Guide, page 31

Forms of underlicensed

comparativemore underlicensed
superlativemost underlicensed

Origin of underlicensed

From under- + licensed.

Questions about underlicensed

What does underlicensed mean?
Underlicensed means having purchased fewer licences than are legally required.
What part of speech is underlicensed?
Underlicensed is an adjective.

Words near underlicensed in the dictionary

  1. underlever
  2. underleveraged
  3. underlevered
  4. underlevers
  5. underlexicalization
  6. underlicensed
  7. underlie
  8. underlied
  9. underlier
  10. underliers
  11. underlies

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