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to underconsume

to underconsume

6.7
Eat or drink less than your body needs
  • verb
  • /ˌʌndərkənˈsuːm/
translation icon : consumir menos
  • If you underconsume calories, your body may not have enough energy for daily activities.

Examples

  • Many people underconsume essential nutrients due to poor dietary habits.

  • Likewise, any generator that oversupplies, or consumer that underconsumes, will receive the System Sell Price, calculated from the volume-weighted average of all decrements accepted.

    Academic text (2000)

  • During the recession, some households began to underconsume goods to save money.

Synonyms

to undereat
vsto underconsume
1 5.6

Eat less food than your body needs

applies to taking too little of anything not only food

Antonyms

to overconsume
1 6.0

To eat, drink, or use more than you need in an unhealthy way

How Much

to starve
328 1.7
to undereat
1 5.6
to fast
58 4.6
to underconsume
6.7

Surface Forms

underconsume infinitive
underconsumed past
underconsumed past participle
underconsuming present participle
underconsumes third person singular

Morphology

underconsume = consume (transparent) = under + consume

The productive prefix 'under-' meaning 'insufficiently' combines with the verb 'consume' to yield the straightforward meaning 'consume less than required'.

Etymology

Underconsume comes from the prefix under- meaning 'below' and the verb consume meaning 'to eat or use'. So to underconsume is to eat or use less than the usual or needed amount, such as not getting enough protein or vegetables.