Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

misbudget

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: mis-bud-get
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To budget too much or too little.

Example Sentences

"Because a student misallocates or misbudgets time on one occasion does not necessarily mean the student will do so on all occasions"
"In fiscal year 1984, BPA spent at least $60 million more on WPPS 2 to misbudget it."
"Originally R8,840 million was budgeted for and the revised estimate is R6.040 million. I would like an explanation. This is not mentioned in the explanatory memorandum at all. It would seem to be an extremely large amount to misbudget."

Etymology

From mis- + budget.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: mis

Inflected Forms

misbudgets (present, singular) misbudgeting (participle, present) misbudgeted (participle, past) misbudgeted (past)

Questions

What does misbudget mean?: To budget too much or too little.
Where does misbudget come from?: From mis- + budget.

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