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underprovide

underprovide verb: to inadequately provide.

Verb

underprovide (third-person singular simple present underprovides, present participle underproviding, simple past and past participle underprovided)

  1. To inadequately provide.
    • Underproviding malaria control in Sub-Saharan Africa cuts output by about 17 percent a year.2003, Inge Kaul, Providing Global Public Goods: Managing Globalization, page 171

Forms of underprovide

third-person singular presentunderprovides
present participleunderproviding
past participleunderprovided
pastunderprovided

Origin of underprovide

From under- + provide.

Questions about underprovide

What does underprovide mean?
Underprovide means to inadequately provide.
What part of speech is underprovide?
Underprovide is a verb.
What is the past tense of underprovide?
The past tense of underprovide is underprovided.

Words near underprovide in the dictionary

  1. underprotection
  2. underprotective
  3. underprotectiveness
  4. underprotects
  5. underprove
  6. underprovide
  7. underprovided
  8. underprovides
  9. underproviding
  10. underprovision
  11. underprovisioned

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