Underproduce

verb

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Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To produce less than normal, or less than needed

    "It misdesigned goods, adversely selected technologies, misallocated and misremunerated factors of production, encouraged work to rule, underproduced, misdistributed outputs and was subject to a myriad of moral hazards."

  2. 2
    produce below capacity or demand wordnet

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"It misdesigned goods, adversely selected technologies, misallocated and misremunerated factors of production, encouraged work to rule, underproduced, misdistributed outputs and was subject to a myriad of moral hazards."

Etymology

From under- + produce.

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