underinvest

[uhn-der-in-vest]

verb (used without object)

underinvested, underinvesting 

1. to provide insufficient money or resources.

Other Word Forms

• underinvestment noun

Example Sentences

“If you underinvest in something, it is going to wither and die. And that’s really what I feel and see around me.”

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“When we underestimate, we may underinvest,” said Dr. Samira Asma, the W.H.O.’s assistant director general for data, analytics and delivery for impact.

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“This is a classic situation of where we tend to underinvest, and we tend to move on, and we tend to forget. And that would be a huge mistake,” Emanuel said.

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If this kind of theft happened too frequently, companies might underinvest in new technologies—or they might flee states that fail to enforce noncompete contracts.

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When we underinvest in children, we pay the price for the rest of their lives, through higher spending on remedial education, reactive health care and criminal justice.

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