underfinance

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verb

To finance inadequately.

OriginEnglish finance ← Middle English under- ← Old English under- →
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Meanings

verbunderfinance (third-person singular simple present underfinances, present participle underfinancing, simple past and past participle underfinanced)

present singular third person underfinances · participle present underfinancing · participle past underfinanced · past underfinanced

  1. transitiveTo finance inadequately.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁én
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₁entér
  3. Proto-Indo-European*h₂én
  4. Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-?
  5. Proto-Indo-European*(H)n̥dʰí
  6. Proto-Indo-European*(H)n̥dʰér
  7. Proto-Germanic*under
  8. Proto-West Germanic*undar
  9. Old Englishunder-
  10. Middle Englishunder-
  11. Englishunder-
  12. Englishfinance
  13. Englishunderfinance

From under- + finance.

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Translations

Czech podfinancovat
  • podfinancovat(transitive) to finance inadequately
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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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