Underinvest
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Underinvest is a verb meaning (business) To invest insufficiently.
Meaning
(business) To invest insufficiently.
Example Sentences
Rentokil was exposed as a business whose managers had underinvested to keep up with past glories.
The company also underinvested in creating an ecosystem for people to easily expand Alexa’s abilities, in the way that Apple had done with its App Store, which helped stoke interest in the iPhone, the person said.
Word Forms
- underinvests
- underinvesting
- underinvested
Antonyms for underinvest
Common opposites include overinvest.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include misinvest, malinvest, underinsure, underspend, undercapitalise, undermanage.
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