Meanings
underresourced1
adjectiveunderresourced (comparative more underresourced, superlative most underresourced)
comparative more underresourced · superlative most underresourced · alternative under-resourced
- public healthhuman sciencesHaving insufficient resources; poor or underfunded.
Who was being served when mainstream media coverage focused on President Clinton's personal life rather than on issues in underresourced communities?
2000, Steven R. Goldzwig, Patricia A. Sullivan, “Electronic Democracy, Virtual Politics, and Local Communities”, in Robert E. Denton, editor, Political Communication Ethics: An Oxymoron?, page 68
underresourced2
verb
- participlepastsimple past and past participle of underresource
Origin
underresourced · adjective
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁én
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁entér
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂én
- Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-?
- Proto-Indo-European*(H)n̥dʰí
- Proto-Indo-European*(H)n̥dʰér
- Proto-Germanic*under
- Proto-West Germanic*undar
- Old Englishunder-
- Middle Englishunder-
- Englishunder-
- Englishresourced
- Englishunderresourced
Translations
Finnish aliresursoitu
- aliresursoituhaving insufficient resources
Cite this entry
APA
underresourced. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/underresourced
MLA
“underresourced.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/underresourced. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “underresourced,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/underresourced.
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