UNDERSPEND

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does underspend mean? 

• UNDERSPEND (verb)
  The verb UNDERSPEND has 2 senses:

1. spend less than the whole of (a budget, for example)

2. spend at less than the normal rate

  Familiarity information: UNDERSPEND used as a verb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• UNDERSPEND (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they underspend    ... he / she / it underspends   
Past simple: underspent   
Past participle: underspent   
-ing form: underspending   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Spend less than the whole of (a budget, for example)

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

Hypernyms (to "underspend" is one way to...):

spend (spend completely)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Antonym:

overspend (spend more than available of (a budget))

Sense 2

Meaning:

Spend at less than the normal rate

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

Hypernyms (to "underspend" is one way to...):

drop; expend; spend (pay out)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s

Antonym:

overspend (spend at a high rate)