underresourced
underresourced adjective: having insufficient resources; poor or underfunded. Also the simple past and past participle of underresource.
Adjective
underresourced (comparative more underresourced, superlative most underresourced)
- Having insufficient resources; poor or underfunded.
- Who was being served when mainstream media coverage focused on President Clinton's personal life rather than on issues in underresourced communities?2000, Steven R. Goldzwig, Patricia A. Sullivan, “Electronic Democracy, Virtual Politics, and Local Communities”, in Robert E. Denton, editor, Political Communication Ethics: An Oxymoron?, page 68
Also used as
underresourced is also the simple past and past participle of underresource.
Forms of underresourced
| comparative | more underresourced |
|---|---|
| superlative | most underresourced |
| alternative form | under-resourced |
Origin of underresourced
From under- + resourced.
From underresource + -ed.
Questions about underresourced
- What does underresourced mean?
- Underresourced means having insufficient resources; poor or underfunded.
- What part of speech is underresourced?
- Underresourced is an adjective.
Words near underresourced in the dictionary
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