underinvestment
noun
un·der·in·vest·ment
ˌən-dər-in-ˈves(t)-mənt 
: an insufficient amount of investment
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It had been battered by drought, underinvestment and absentee ownership.
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Ascend Agency, New York Daily News, 31 July 2025
Some attribute the slow progress to insufficient standardization and sharing of learnings across communities, or the underinvestment in SDOH data and measurement.
—Harvard Business Review, 3 July 2025
Betancourt says there's been an underinvestment in building new schools in sub-Saharan Africa in particular.
—Fatma Tanis, NPR, 26 June 2025
This oversimplified argument not only ignores decades of systematic underinvestment but fails to recognize the league's current growth trajectory and future potential.
—Lindsey Darvin, Forbes.com, 24 July 2025
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Ascend Agency, New York Daily News, 31 July 2025
Some attribute the slow progress to insufficient standardization and sharing of learnings across communities, or the underinvestment in SDOH data and measurement.
—Harvard Business Review, 3 July 2025
Betancourt says there's been an underinvestment in building new schools in sub-Saharan Africa in particular.
—Fatma Tanis, NPR, 26 June 2025
This oversimplified argument not only ignores decades of systematic underinvestment but fails to recognize the league's current growth trajectory and future potential.
—Lindsey Darvin, Forbes.com, 24 July 2025
See All Example Sentences for underinvestment
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“Underinvestment.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/underinvestment. Accessed 22 Aug. 2025.
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