underresourcing
underresourcing is the present participle and gerund of underresource.
Meaning of underresource
Verb
underresource (third-person singular simple present underresources, present participle underresourcing, simple past and past participle underresourced)
- To provide with too few resources.
- We cannot continue to overcommit, underresource, and underpay this instrument of national power.1999, United States Policy Toward Iraq
Noun
underresourcing (uncountable)
- The act or practice of providing insufficient resources.
- When the Brahimi Report enjoined the Security Council to create "clear, credible, and achievable mandates," it was voicing a long-standing sentiment in the peacekeeping community, where muddled instructions and underresourcing relative to assigned tasks have long been viewed as sources of risk for...2006, William J. Durch, Twenty-first-century Peace Operations, →ISBN, page 576
- The water sector has been plagued by lack of political support, poor governance, underresourcing and underinvestment.2012, World Water Assessment Programme, The United Nations World Water Development Report, →ISBN
Questions about underresourcing
- What does underresourcing mean?
- Underresourcing means the act or practice of providing insufficient resources.
- What is underresourcing the present participle and gerund of?
- Underresourcing is the present participle and gerund of underresource.
- What part of speech is underresourcing?
- Underresourcing is a noun.
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