Meanings
adjectiveunderreserved (comparative more underreserved, superlative most underreserved)
comparative more underreserved · superlative most underreserved
- businessHaving an inadequate reserve.
One reason for this, as recently noted in this space, is that banks are underreserved for losses.
2007 November 11, Gretchen Morgenson, “There's No Superhero in the Wings”, in New York Times
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“underreserved.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/underreserved. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “underreserved,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/underreserved.
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