undercapitalized
adjective
un·der·cap·i·tal·ized
ˌən-dər-ˈka-pə-tə-ˌlīzd 
-ˈkap-tə-
: having too little capital for efficient operation
an undercapitalized business
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Regulators here in the Permian Basin , the world’s most productive oil field, must contend with Remnant and other undercapitalized companies like it that could add even more wells to the list of orphans.
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Mark Olalde, ProPublica, 22 Feb. 2024
This rebranding represents our joint mission of not just financing but holistically supporting today's underserved and undercapitalized small businesses in sustainable growth.
—Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 6 Feb. 2024
Unemployment remains a persistent problem, the banking system is chronically weak and undercapitalized, and the private sector is anemic.
—Henry Rome, Foreign Affairs, 5 Nov. 2019
The price adjustments allow Freddie and Fannie to keep from being undercapitalized and over-exposed to risk.
—Anna Bahney, CNN, 27 Apr. 2023
Entrepreneurs with great ideas outside Silicon Valley, New York and Boston are typically undercapitalized.
—Brian Penick, Forbes, 21 Apr. 2023
Black business are structurally undercapitalized.
—CNN, 22 Feb. 2021
The Florida Legislature has been tweaking the property insurance laws for decades to shore up an industry with a long history of being undercapitalized, denying policyholder claims and enduring a tidal wave of lawsuits that far outpaces other states.
—Jeffrey Schweers, Orlando Sentinel, 15 Dec. 2022
Worse yet, any bank that requires liquidity and liquidates part of the HTM loan portfolio would realize those losses potentially leaving the bank undercapitalized.
—Gene A. Grant Ii, Forbes, 25 Jan. 2023
Mark Olalde, ProPublica, 22 Feb. 2024
This rebranding represents our joint mission of not just financing but holistically supporting today's underserved and undercapitalized small businesses in sustainable growth.
—Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 6 Feb. 2024
Unemployment remains a persistent problem, the banking system is chronically weak and undercapitalized, and the private sector is anemic.
—Henry Rome, Foreign Affairs, 5 Nov. 2019
The price adjustments allow Freddie and Fannie to keep from being undercapitalized and over-exposed to risk.
—Anna Bahney, CNN, 27 Apr. 2023
Entrepreneurs with great ideas outside Silicon Valley, New York and Boston are typically undercapitalized.
—Brian Penick, Forbes, 21 Apr. 2023
Black business are structurally undercapitalized.
—CNN, 22 Feb. 2021
The Florida Legislature has been tweaking the property insurance laws for decades to shore up an industry with a long history of being undercapitalized, denying policyholder claims and enduring a tidal wave of lawsuits that far outpaces other states.
—Jeffrey Schweers, Orlando Sentinel, 15 Dec. 2022
Worse yet, any bank that requires liquidity and liquidates part of the HTM loan portfolio would realize those losses potentially leaving the bank undercapitalized.
—Gene A. Grant Ii, Forbes, 25 Jan. 2023
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undercapitalized
adjective
un·der·cap·i·tal·ized
ˌən-dər-ˈka-pət-ᵊl-ˌīzd
: having too little capital for efficient operation
undercapitalized companies
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