underspend

A verb used to indicate the act of spending less money than is necessary, expected, or budgeted.

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1. Spend less than budgeted B2 formal

   To spend less money than the amount allocated or budgeted for a particular purpose.

   • The department underspent its annual budget by 10%.
   • We need to avoid underspending on essential maintenance.
   • The project underspent due to efficient resource management.

   🌐إنفاق أقل من المخصص

   الأضداد: overspend

2. Spend less than normal B2 formal

   To spend money at a rate lower than usual or expected.

   • During the recession, many households underspent on luxury items.
   • The company has been underspending on marketing this quarter.
   • He tends to underspend on groceries by buying in bulk.

   🌐الإنفاق بأقل من المعتاد

   المرادفات: cut backeconomizesavescrimpskimp

   الأضداد: overspend

• underspent past participle
• underspent past simple
• underspending present participle
• underspends third person singular