Underprovide

verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To inadequately provide.

    "Underproviding malaria control in Sub-Saharan Africa cuts output by about 17 percent a year."

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"Underproviding malaria control in Sub-Saharan Africa cuts output by about 17 percent a year."

Etymology

From under- + provide.

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