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underfinance

/ˌʌndɚfɪnˈæns/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
un-der-fi-nance
IPA
/ˌʌndɚfɪnˈæns/
18
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To finance inadequately.

Transitive verb

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Indo-European *-tér Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér Proto-Indo-European *h₂én Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-? Proto-Indo-European *-dʰi ? Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰí Proto-Indo-European *-ér Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰér Proto-Germanic *under Proto-West Germanic *undar Old English under- Middle English under- English under- English finance English underfinance From under- + finance.

Usage

Inflected Forms

underfinances (present, singular) underfinancing (participle, present) underfinanced (participle, past) underfinanced (past)

Questions

How do you pronounce underfinance?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˌʌndɚfɪnˈæns/.
What does underfinance mean?
To finance inadequately.
Where does underfinance come from?
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Indo-European *-tér Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér Proto-Indo-European *h₂én Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-? Proto-Indo-European *-dʰi ? Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰí Proto-Indo-European *-ér Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰér Proto-Germanic *under Proto-West Germanic *undar Old English under- Middle English under- English under- English finance English underfinance From under- + finance.

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