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underproviding

underproviding is the present participle and gerund of underprovide.

Meaning of underprovide

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

Questions about underproviding

What is underproviding the present participle and gerund of?
Underproviding is the present participle and gerund of underprovide.

Words near underproviding in the dictionary

  1. underprotects
  2. underprove
  3. underprovide
  4. underprovided
  5. underprovides
  6. underproviding
  7. underprovision
  8. underprovisioned
  9. underprovisioning
  10. underprovisions
  11. underprune

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