underspend
underspend · underspends · underspent · underspending
To spend too little of the funds appropriated or allocatedTo spend too little of the funds appropriated or allocated.
Meaning
1 sensesTo spend too little of the funds appropriated or allocated.
More definitions
- spend at less than the normal rate
- spend less than the whole of (a budget, for example)
Forms
underspends, underspending, underspent, underspent| Base form | underspend · to underspend |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | underspends |
| Present participle | underspending |
| Past simple | underspent |
| Past participle | underspent |
irregular · Lesson
Antonyms
1 antonymsWord family
1 related wordsDerivedunderspender
Lessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, irregular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle