Definition of underinvestment
: an insufficient amount of investment
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As part of the larger GE, the business sometimes suffered from underinvestment, particularly in fast-moving areas such as artificial intelligence and cell therapy, said the three-decade GE veteran.
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But for American supporters of mass transit, such refinements may take a back seat to the chronic underinvestment that has left systems including the New York subway and Amtrak an increasingly unsafe and inefficient mess.
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New York’s subway is creaking—a consequence of prolonged underinvestment in repairs.
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Coletta is currently working on Civic Commons, a $40 million philanthropic initiative to reinvigorate civic spaces that have experienced decades of underinvestment.
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Following years of underinvestment, Cadillac’s vehicle lineup remains slim compared with other luxury players.
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It's estimated that this massive underinvestment will cost £2bn to fix.
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And yet, the violence and underinvestment continue.
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An example of the looming threats from the nation’s crumbling infrastructure, the often unseen system of more than 230 locks along 12,000 miles of river is at risk of failing in places like Pittsburgh from decades of underinvestment.
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First Known Use of underinvestment
1940
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