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PRONUNCIATION OF UNDERINVESTMENT

underinvestment  [ˌʌndərɪnˈvestmənt] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF UNDERINVESTMENT

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conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Underinvestment is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES UNDERINVESTMENT MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of underinvestment in the English dictionary

The definition of underinvestment in the dictionary is the condition of insufficient investment or laying out of money with the expectation of profit.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH UNDERINVESTMENT


adjustment
əˈdʒʌstmənt
agistment
əˈdʒɪstmənt
apartment
əˈpɑːtmənt
arrestment
əˈrɛstmənt
blastment
ˈblɑːstmənt
disafforestment
ˌdɪsəˈfɒrɪstmənt
disinvestment
ˌdɪsɪnˈvɛstmənt
dismastment
dɪsˈmɑːstmənt
divestment
daɪˈvɛstmənt
encrustment
ɪnˈkrʌstmənt
encystment
ɛnˈsɪstmənt
enlistment
ɪnˈlɪstmənt
entrustment
ɪnˈtrʌstmənt
investment
ɪnˈvɛstmənt
maladjustment
ˌmæləˈdʒʌstmənt
overinvestment
ˌəʊvərɪnˈvɛstmənt
readjustment
ˌriːəˈdʒʌstmənt
reenlistment
ˌriːɪnˈlɪstmənt
reinvestment
ˌriːɪnˈvɛstmənt
vestment
ˈvɛstmənt

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE UNDERINVESTMENT

underhanded
underhandedly
underhandedness
underhonest
underhung
underinflated
underinflation
underinsure
underinsured
underinvest
underived
underjaw
underkeep
underkeeper
underkill
underking
underkingdom
underlaid
underlain
underlap

WORDS THAT END LIKE UNDERINVESTMENT

advertisement
allotment
appointment
assortment
commitment
compartment
cost-of-living adjustment
disappointment
enactment
enchantment
fire department
fitment
graphic design department
ointment
one-room apartment
police department
recruitment
service department
State Department
the treatment
treatment

Synonyms and antonyms of underinvestment in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «underinvestment» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF UNDERINVESTMENT

Find out the translation of underinvestment to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of underinvestment from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «underinvestment» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

投资不足
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

subinversión
570 millions of speakers

English

underinvestment
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

underinvestment
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

ضعف الاستثمار
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

недофинансирование
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

subinvestimento
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

underinvestment
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

sous-investissement
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Pelaburan di bawah pelaburan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

unzureichende Investitionen
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

過少投資
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

저 투자
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Underinvestment
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

thiếu đầu tư
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

underinvestment
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

अंडरव्हेक्शन
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

eksik yatırım
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

investimenti insufficienti
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

niedoinwestowanie
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

недофінансування
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

investiții insuficiente
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

υποεπενδύσεων
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

onderbelegging
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

investering
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

underinvestering
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of underinvestment

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «UNDERINVESTMENT»

The term «underinvestment» is regularly used and occupies the 92.261 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «UNDERINVESTMENT» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «underinvestment» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «underinvestment» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about underinvestment

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «UNDERINVESTMENT»

Discover the use of underinvestment in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to underinvestment and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Essays in Honor of Edwin Mansfield: The Economics of R&D, ...
Underinvestment in Public Good Technologies Gregory Tassey ABSTRACT. Although underinvestment phenomena are the rationale for government subsidization of research and development (R&D), the concept is poorly defined and its ...
Edwin Mansfield, Albert N. Link, Frederic M. Scherer, 2005
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The Fifth Discipline: The Art & Practice of The Learning ...
underinvestment," a bit more complicated than the two previous archetypes. This archetype operates whenever a company limits its own growth through underinvestment. Underinvestment means building less capacity than is needed to serve ...
Peter M. Senge, 2010
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Research Methodology in Strategy and Management
Area Research Question Examples of Research Opportunities The causes of underinvestment The contexts of underinvestment The remedies for underinvestment What are the sources of firm heterogeneity that shape underinvestment?
Donald D. Bergh, David J. Ketchen, 2009
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Off-balance Sheet Activities
By enabling banks to sell a portion of the cash flows associated with new investments, loan sales and SLCs provide a vehicle, similar to secured debt, through which banks can avoid the underinvestment problem that arises when a firm has ...
Joshua Ronen, Anthony Saunders, Ashwinpaul C. Sondhi, 1990
5
The Production and Distribution of Knowledge in the United ...
investment funds which is referred to when one speaks of underinvestment in a particular activity. Thus, underinvestment in education means that relatively too much is invested elsewhere. By contending such an imbalance one means to say  ...
Fritz Machlup, 1962
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The Continuing Demographic Transition
Underinvestment in Whom? Even within the same home, children do not all face the same level and kind of underinvestment. All kinds of things seem to matter — age, sex, birth order, talents, appearance, the life-cycle stage of the household, ...
G. W. Jones, R. M. Douglas, J. C. Caldwell, 1998
7
Project Financing: Asset-Based Financial Engineering
The underinvestment problem arises when a firm has a highly leveraged capital structure. A firm with risky debt outstanding may have an incentive to forgo a capital investment project that would increase its total market value. If the business ...
John D. Finnerty, 2013
8
Foundations of Social Theory
Since these are only a fraction of the benefits, however, there is an expected underinvestment in internalization from the perspective of the total set of benefits to others that internalization will bring about (reduced policing and fewer negative ...
James S. Coleman, James Samuel Coleman, 1994
9
Ideology and the Evolution of Vital Institutions: Guilds, ...
Left unattended, these traps generally create: (1) extreme underinvestment by a myriad of occasional recipients, as well as providers, of all sorts of emergency aid ; (2) extreme underinvestment by a myriad of potential victims of ...
Earl A. Thompson, Charles R. Hickson, 2001
10
Intangible Assets:: Measuring and Enhancing Their ...
Since data on human capital are not reported, it is difficult to produce evidence to support the theoretical argument that there is underinvestment. However, Bassi and a group of colleagues have been collecting data on investments in ...
Christopher Mackie, Board on Science, Technology, and Economic Policy, Committee on National Statistics, 2009

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «UNDERINVESTMENT»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term underinvestment is used in the context of the following news items.
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Underinvestment threatens Germany's midsize companies
German industry and government leaders are worried about a shortage of new-generation leaders and investors for the small and mid-sized industrial firms that ... «Deutsche Welle, Jul 15»
2
'Chronic' underinvestment hampering progress in manufacturing …
Mr Longworth said three structural problems were hurting manufacturers, including “chronic” underinvestment in businesses, reflecting a lack of long-term ... «East Anglian Daily Times, Jul 15»
3
Radical Gold GLD ETF Under Investment
This has left them radically underinvested in gold, which sets the stage for massive ... radical gold underinvestment is very atypical, even in the gold-agnostic US. «The Market Oracle, Jun 15»
4
A World of Underinvestment
The resulting underinvestment and depreciation of the global economy's asset base are suppressing productivity growth and thus undermining sustainable ... «Council on Foreign Relations, May 15»
5
Task force sees 'chronic underinvestment' at MBTA
Task force sees 'chronic underinvestment' at MBTA ... contributing to "chronic underinvestment" and a backlog of unaddressed maintenance needs, a task force ... «Dorchester Reporter, Apr 15»
6
Proposal 1 addresses years of underinvestment in roads, schools …
Go ahead and breathe deeply in the voting booth. It's a good plan that begins to address years of underinvesting in transportation, communities and education. «MLive.com, Mar 15»
7
Railway Budget 2015: Has it addressed vicious cycle of under
In the above context, it is pertinent to note that the goals, the drivers, the thrust areas critically hinges on the underinvestment syndrome which the Indian ... «Free press journal, Feb 15»
8
Underinvestment in the arts is holding Western Sydney back
In the 1960s my father Bob travelled 12 kilometres from our fibro house in Western Sydney to get to school, then later 32 kilometres to attend university. «Sydney Morning Herald, Feb 15»
9
Air Force admits nuclear flaws, faces uncertain path to remedying …
Air Force admits nuclear flaws, faces uncertain path to remedying underinvestment, low morale. Published December 20, 2014. Associated Press. Facebook0 ... «Fox News, Dec 14»
10
UK air traffic chaos not caused by underinvestment, says Nats
Nats, the UK's air traffic controller, has rejected claims that underinvestment has left it reliant on creaking computer systems, as an independent inquiry was ... «The Guardian, Dec 14»

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