underspending

English

Verb

underspending

  1. present participle and gerund of underspend

Noun

underspending (usually uncountable, plural underspendings)

  1. The spending of too little money.
    • 1972, Great Britain. Treasury, Public Expenditure White Papers: Handbook on Methodology (page 15)
      Towards the very end of the year it has always been found to be impracticable to avoid overspendings, if only temporary, in some programmes and underspendings in others.
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