underfinanced

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adjective

Lacking sufficient financing

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

adjectiveunderfinanced (comparative more underfinanced, superlative most underfinanced)

comparative more underfinanced · superlative most underfinanced

  1. Lacking sufficient financing

    G.M.'s plan may be underfinanced to the tune of $23 billion.

    2009 January 12, Robert Cyran, “Debt Could Crush G.M.’s Best Efforts”, in New York Times

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. Englishfinanced
  13. Englishunderfinanced

From under- + financed.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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