Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

underinvestment

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.70 in modern English

Syllables: un-der-in-vest-ment
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

15

Letters

5

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An insufficient investment.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"The West of England Line has long been a Cinderella railway. Decades of patch-and-mend underinvestment have resulted in consistently poor performance."

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 investment English underinvestment From under- + investment.

Usage

Inflected Forms

underinvestments (plural)

Questions

What does underinvestment mean?: An insufficient investment.
Where does underinvestment 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 investment English underinvestment From under- + investment.

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