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undermaintenance

undermaintenance noun: insufficient or inadequate maintenance.

Noun

undermaintenance (uncountable)

  1. Insufficient or inadequate maintenance.
    • In the past, the detection of undermaintenance or overuse of a property has been either costly or impractical for the owner manager (such as monitoring environmental compliance).2012, John D. Benjamin, Megatrends in Retail Real Estate

Origin of undermaintenance

From under- + maintenance.

Questions about undermaintenance

What does undermaintenance mean?
Undermaintenance means insufficient or inadequate maintenance.
What part of speech is undermaintenance?
Undermaintenance is a noun.

Words near undermaintenance in the dictionary

  1. undermaids
  2. undermaintain
  3. undermaintained
  4. undermaintaining
  5. undermaintains
  6. undermaintenance
  7. undermakeup
  8. undermakeups
  9. underman
  10. undermanage
  11. undermanaged

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