Underreplacement

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The replacement of a substance by a smaller amount. no-plural

    "In the railroad equipment industry, activity failed to recover fully as the slow process of underreplacement had not yet brought plant and equipment facilities to a level consonant with the reduced volume of railroad traffic."

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"In the railroad equipment industry, activity failed to recover fully as the slow process of underreplacement had not yet brought plant and equipment facilities to a level consonant with the reduced volume of railroad traffic."

Etymology

From under- + replacement.

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