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underspendings

underspendings is the plural of underspending.

Meaning of underspending

Noun

underspending (usually uncountable, plural underspendings)

  1. (usually) The spending of too little money.
    • Towards the very end of the year it has always been found to be impracticable to avoid overspendings, if only temporary, in some programmes and underspendings in others.1972, Great Britain. Treasury, Public Expenditure White Papers: Handbook on Methodology (page 15)

Questions about underspendings

What is underspendings the plural of?
Underspendings is the plural of underspending.

Words near underspendings in the dictionary

  1. underspeed
  2. underspend
  3. underspender
  4. underspenders
  5. underspending
  6. underspendings
  7. underspends
  8. underspent
  9. undersphere
  10. underspheres
  11. underspiced

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