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underreserve

underreserve verb: to put an inadequate amount of money in reserve.

Verb

underreserve (third-person singular simple present underreserves, present participle underreserving, simple past and past participle underreserved)

  1. (intransitive) To put an inadequate amount of money in reserve.

Forms of underreserve

third-person singular presentunderreserves
present participleunderreserving
past participleunderreserved
pastunderreserved

Origin of underreserve

From under- + reserve.

Questions about underreserve

What does underreserve mean?
Underreserve means to put an inadequate amount of money in reserve.
What part of speech is underreserve?
Underreserve is a verb.
What is the past tense of underreserve?
The past tense of underreserve is underreserved.

Words near underreserve in the dictionary

  1. underrepresentedness
  2. underrepresenting
  3. underrepresents
  4. underresearch
  5. underresearched
  6. underreserve
  7. underreserved
  8. underreserves
  9. underreserving
  10. underresolved
  11. underresource

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