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underprovision

underprovision noun: insufficient provision.

Noun

underprovision (countable and uncountable, plural underprovisions)

  1. Insufficient provision.

Verb

underprovision (third-person singular simple present underprovisions, present participle underprovisioning, simple past and past participle underprovisioned)

  1. To provide less than is necessary.

Forms of underprovision

Noun
pluralunderprovisions
Verb
third-person singular presentunderprovisions
present participleunderprovisioning
past participleunderprovisioned
pastunderprovisioned

Origin of underprovision

From under- + provision.

Questions about underprovision

What does underprovision mean?
Underprovision means insufficient provision.
What part of speech is underprovision?
Underprovision can be a noun or a verb.
What is the plural of underprovision?
The plural of underprovision is underprovisions.

Words near underprovision in the dictionary

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

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