Meanings
- gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of underresource
- uncountableThe act or practice of providing insufficient resources.
The water sector has been plagued by lack of political support, poor governance, underresourcing and underinvestment.
2012, World Water Assessment Programme, The United Nations World Water Development Report, →ISBN2 more examples
When the Brahimi Report enjoined the Security Council to create "clear, credible, and achievable mandates," it was voicing a long-standing sentiment in the peacekeeping community, where muddled instructions and underresourcing relative to assigned tasks have long been viewed as sources of risk for complex peace operations.
2006, William J. Durch, Twenty-first-century Peace Operations, →ISBN, page 576While beijing is calling for "rationalization" (downsizing and underresourcing) of the Human Rights Commission, the overwhelming majority of the member states are "expressing concern that the underresourcing of the Centre for Human Rights of the Secretariat is one impediment to the human rights treaty bodies in their ability to carry out their mandates effectively.
2015, Edward Friedman, Barrett L. McCormick, What if China Doesn't Democratize?: Implications for War and Peace, →ISBN
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