underinvestment

Examples

• All

• The city's underinvestment in public transportation has resulted in longer commute times for residents.

• They like it just the way it is: with underinvestment leading to lousy results.

  Blog text (7)

• Mining companies, a central part of the economy, suffered from underinvestment and were gradually stripped of their assets.

  Academic text (2003)

• Artificially low electricity prices naturally lead to underinvestment in energy conservation.

  Academic text (1992)

• Both of the above have led to underinvestment in public goods, particularly in education but relatedly in R&D and innovation.

  Blog text (18)

• In short, then, chronic underinvestment has made the Brazilian economy prone to cooling off at a relatively slow rate of growth compared with other emerging markets.

  Academic text (2012)

• The authors of a related comment in the Lancet wrote, "In view of the health burden of tobacco use, the underinvestment in tobacco control is extraordinary."

  Blog text (22)

• The health system has been devastated by decades of underinvestment, corruption, and neglect; long-vanquished diseases, such as malaria and measles, have returned.

  Academic text (2018)

• The report states that "Canada's largest disparities with OECD (Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development) countries are in basic sophistication and innovation," citing underinvestment in both the private and government sectors.

  Academic text (2017)

• Due to years of underinvestment in education, many schools are struggling to provide adequate resources for students.

Synonyms

U

underfunding

vsunderinvestment

3 3.8

Not having enough money to run a service like a school or museum

is about too little money used to maintain or expand something

U

undercapitalization

vsunderinvestment

• Specialized

1 8.2

Not having enough money to run or grow a business

applies more broadly to any area lacking money for upkeep or expansion

U

underspending

vsunderinvestment

4.4

Using less money than planned or expected

signals too little money used for maintenance improvement or growth needs

Antonyms

O

overinvestment

1 6.2

Putting too much money into a project or company that does not pay back

How Funded

megaproject

1 5.2

to invest bigly

• Slang

8.8

underinvestment

1 6.1

poor man's shilling

• UK

9.7

nonfunded

5.7

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology