underallocation

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noun

A less than normal, or insufficient, allocation.

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Meanings

noununderallocation (countable and uncountable, plural underallocations)

plural underallocations

  1. countableuncountableA less than normal, or insufficient, allocation.

    Combining data from males from this experiment (plus females in the underallocation treatment) and females from the Creighton et al.

    2015 November 25, “Differences in Patterns of Reproductive Allocation between the Sexes in Nicrophorus orbicollis”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin

From under- + allocation.

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underallocation. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/underallocation

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“underallocation.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/underallocation. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “underallocation,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/underallocation.

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