underplan

English

Etymology

From under- +‎ plan.

Pronunciation

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Verb

underplan (third-person singular simple present underplans, present participle underplanning, simple past and past participle underplanned)

1. To plan insufficiently.

   Antonym: overplan

   • 1983, Mack Hanan, Leading edge growth strategies: new approaches for accelerated business growth and premium profits in the next twenty years:

     A manager who underplans and then overachieves his plan has outrun it and is left with no plan at all.