Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

underresourced

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: un-der-re-sourced
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Having insufficient resources; poor or underfunded.

verb

simple past and past participle of underresource

Example Sentences

"Who was being served when mainstream media coverage focused on President Clinton's personal life rather than on issues in underresourced communities?"

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 resourced English underresourced From under- + resourced.

Inflected Forms

more underresourced (comparative) most underresourced (superlative) under-resourced (alternative)

Questions

What does underresourced mean?: Having insufficient resources; poor or underfunded.
Where does underresourced 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 resourced English underresourced From under- + resourced.

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