underinvest

American  

[uhn-der-in-vest] / ˌʌn dər ɪnˈvɛst /

verb (used without object)

underinvested, underinvesting

1. to provide insufficient money or resources.

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Other Word Forms

• underinvestment noun

Example Sentences

As OpenAI Chief Executive Sam Altman recently put it, people can either overinvest and lose money or underinvest and lose revenue.

From The Wall Street Journal

“It’s much more dangerous if you underinvest than if you over-invest, in my opinion.”

From The Wall Street Journal

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

From New York Times

“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.

From New York Times

“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.

From Washington Post