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underplan

underplan verb: to plan insufficiently.

Verb

underplan (third-person singular simple present underplans, present participle underplanning, simple past and past participle underplanned)

  1. To plan insufficiently.
    • A manager who underplans and then overachieves his plan has outrun it and is left with no plan at all.1983, Mack Hanan, Leading edge growth strategies: new approaches for accelerated business growth and premium profits in the next twenty years
    Antonyms:
    overplan

Antonyms of underplan

Forms of underplan

third-person singular presentunderplans
present participleunderplanning
past participleunderplanned
pastunderplanned

Origin of underplan

From under- + plan.

Questions about underplan

What does underplan mean?
Underplan means to plan insufficiently.
What part of speech is underplan?
Underplan is a verb.
What is the past tense of underplan?
The past tense of underplan is underplanned.

Words near underplan in the dictionary

  1. underplaced
  2. underplacement
  3. underplacements
  4. underplaces
  5. underplacing
  6. underplan
  7. underplanned
  8. underplanning
  9. underplans
  10. underplant
  11. underplanted

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