underprovide

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verb

To inadequately provide.

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Meanings

verbunderprovide (third-person singular simple present underprovides, present participle underproviding, simple past and past participle underprovided)

present singular third person underprovides · participle present underproviding · participle past underprovided · past underprovided

  1. To inadequately provide.

    Underproviding malaria control in Sub-Saharan Africa cuts output by about 17 percent a year.

    2003, Inge Kaul, Providing Global Public Goods: Managing Globalization, page 171

Origin

From under- + provide.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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