undercapitalized
1
7.5
- adjective
- /ˌʌndərˈkæpɪtəˌlaɪzd/
- Specialized
:
subcapitalizado
- Of course, no such capital drains should be permitted in the near future for the chronically undercapitalized big banks, but because the Fed is committed to such action, it is vitally important that the numbers provided by the banks to the Fed for the tests are correct.
- small, undercapitalized
So you run the risk of going broke, being undercapitalized.
- So you run the risk of going broke, being undercapitalized.
Examples
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You're growing like crazy, but in a small, undercapitalized company, growth can be dangerous.
Fiction book (1994) -
Many startups struggle to thrive because they are undercapitalized and lack the funds needed to grow.
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Our financial system remains undercapitalized, according to the rather mild stress tests reported there.
Blog text (19) -
If I can put up... he's undercapitalized.
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The government approved the use of public external debt as currency in order to finance undercapitalized buyers who would otherwise stall the process indefinitely.
Academic text (1998) -
Overstretched and undercapitalized.
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It cannot achieve economies of scale because it is undercapitalized, yet demand at current prices is not high enough to mobilize the capital needed to invest in increased production capacity to reduce costs.
Academic text (1994) -
But in most African countries, the private sector was too small, too weak, and too undercapitalized to lead agricultural development; supply enough seeds and fertilizers; buy, transport, and store harvests; or build domestic and export markets.
Academic text (2010) -
FROM ALL REPORTS, YOU'RE AN UNDERCAPITALIZED COMPANY.
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However, with the withdrawal of state subsidy support for fertilizers in the mid-1990s, the pattern of fertilizer consumption has shifted away from small-scale, undercapitalized farms and increasingly toward larger-scale operations.
Academic text (2005)
Synonyms
8
5.0
Not having enough money to run a school or project
1
5.1
Not having enough money to do the work properly
Not having enough money to run or grow a business
How Capitalized
- Specialized
18
7.7
- Specialized
1
7.5
Surface Forms
Morphology
undercapitalized = capitalized (transparent) = under + capital + ize + d
The adjective is formed by adding the productive prefix 'under-' (meaning 'insufficiently') to 'capitalized', producing the straightforward sense 'not sufficiently supplied with capital (funds)'.
Etymology
Undercapitalized comes from the parts under- meaning 'not enough' and capital meaning 'money'. So an undercapitalized company is one that does not have enough money to operate or grow.