Meanings
verbunderplan (third-person singular simple present underplans, present participle underplanning, simple past and past participle underplanned)
present singular third person underplans · participle present underplanning · participle past underplanned · past underplanned
- To plan insufficiently.
A manager who underplans and then overachieves his plan has outrun it and is left with no plan at all.
1983, Mack Hanan, Leading edge growth strategies: new approaches for accelerated business growth and premium profits in the next twenty yearsAntonyms: overplan
Synonyms & antonyms
verbTo plan insufficiently.
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“underplan.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/underplan. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “underplan,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/underplan.
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