Underspending

noun, verb

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The spending of too little money. uncountable, usually

    "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."

Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of underspend form-of, gerund, participle, present

Synonyms

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underexpenditure

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"America's NATO allies have been shaken by Trump's harangue against them in Brussels over their underspending on defense, and his unrestrained effort to curry favor with Russian President Vladimir Putin during their meeting in Helsinki."

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