Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

underspending

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.12 in modern English

Syllables: un-der-spend-ing
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of underspend

noun

The spending of too little money.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"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."

Usage

Uncountable

Inflected Forms

underspendings (plural)

Questions

What does underspending mean?: present participle and gerund of underspend

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