underprovide

English

Etymology

From under- +‎ provide.

Pronunciation

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Verb

underprovide (third-person singular simple present underprovides, present participle underproviding, simple past and past participle underprovided)

1. To inadequately provide.
   • 2003, Inge Kaul, Providing Global Public Goods: Managing Globalization, page 171:

     Underproviding malaria control in Sub-Saharan Africa cuts output by about 17 percent a year.