underproduce
underproduce verb: to produce less than normal, or less than needed.
Verb
underproduce (third-person singular simple present underproduces, present participle underproducing, simple past and past participle underproduced)
- To produce less than normal, or less than needed
- It misdesigned goods, adversely selected technologies, misallocated and misremunerated factors of production, encouraged work to rule, underproduced, misdistributed outputs and was subject to a myriad of moral hazards.2009, Steven Rosefielde, Red Holocaust, page 240
Forms of underproduce
| third-person singular present | underproduces |
|---|---|
| present participle | underproducing |
| past participle | underproduced |
| past | underproduced |
Origin of underproduce
From under- + produce.
Questions about underproduce
- What does underproduce mean?
- Underproduce means to produce less than normal, or less than needed.
- What part of speech is underproduce?
- Underproduce is a verb.
- What is the past tense of underproduce?
- The past tense of underproduce is underproduced.
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