Underallocation

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A less than normal, or insufficient, allocation. countable, uncountable

    "Combining data from males from this experiment (plus females in the underallocation treatment) and females from the Creighton et al."

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"Combining data from males from this experiment (plus females in the underallocation treatment) and females from the Creighton et al."

Etymology

From under- + allocation.

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